Public Notice

Rail yard expansion – DP World Fraser Surrey – Public comments invited

June 26, 2025 – As part of its Project and Environmental Review process, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority must determine whether the proposed Rail yard expansion – DP World Fraser Surrey, located at 11060 Elevator Road, Surrey BC, are likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this determination and a decision on whether or not to approve the proposed project, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online.  For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website. In addition, your contact information may be shared with third parties, e.g., the tenant, other relevant agencies, to help respond to your questions and inform possible mitigations.

Written comments must be submitted by July 26, 2025 to:

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
Project and Environmental Review
100 The Pointe, 999 Canada Place
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6C 3T4
per@portvancouver.com

The proposed project

To support growth at DP World Fraser Surrey and Fraser Grain Terminal, additional rail arrival, departure, and storage trackage is proposed in the Port Authority Rail Yard (PARY), which is adjacent the terminal, to the east. This project proposes to extend the existing PARY rail siding tracks towards the north, taking the total yard trackage from 23,600 feet, to 42,540. This work includes the following components.

• Partially demolishing and realigning the existing B026 trackwork, west of the previous Republic Rabanco facility;
• Reconfiguring PARY Track 93: Removing one (1) turnout and realignment of trackage;
• Reconfiguring and extending six existing PARY tracks – Tracks 94 to 99; and
• Constructing new utility protection for Metro Vancouver's sanitary line: partially demolishing the existing un-piled utility protection slab under Tracks 93, and adding two (2) cap beams, founded on a total of approximately 42 helical piles, which will support a mix of pre-cast concrete panels and cast-in-place slabs over the sanitary line.