Public Notice

Maintenance dredging – Teal-Jones waterlot – Public comments invited

January 27, 2025 - The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority as part of its Project and Environmental Review process and Environment Climate Change Canada must determine whether the proposed Maintenance dredging – Teal-Jones waterlot, located at 17897 Trigg Road, Surrey is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. 

To help inform this determination, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and Environment Climate Change Canada are 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 February 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

Environment and Climate Change Canada
401 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3R2
eerpy-eapyr@ec.gc.ca

The proposed project

Teal-Jones Group on behalf of Columbia River Shake & Shingle Ltd. proposes to conduct routine maintenance dredging within their waterlot fronting 17897 Trigg Road, Surrey, BC. The dredged area would be approximately 2,750 square metres with an approximate dredge volume of 4,000 cubic metres of accumulated sediment and wood waste per year. The targeted dredge grade would up to -4 metres Local Low Water.  The area was most recently dredged in January 2024 and the proposed dredge footprint and depth remain unchanged from previous years.

Dredging would be conducted using a clamshell bucket from a barge mounted derrick. Dredge material would be transported for disposal at an approved disposal at sea site under a valid Disposal at Sea permit per the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The applicant is seeking a multi-year permit to dredge periodically.