Public notice

Combi-wall installation – CIPA Lumber – Public comments invited

July 28, 2025 —  As part of its Project and Environmental Review process, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority must determine whether the proposed Combi-wall installation – CIPA Lumber, located at 797 Carlisle Road, Delta 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 August 27, 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

Fraser River Pile & Dredge (GP) Inc., on behalf of CIPA Lumber (the Applicant) proposes to conduct bank stabilization works to install a combination wall comprised of sheet-pile and steel pipe piles riverward of an existing compromised sheet pile wall at 797 Carlisle Road, Delta, BC. The project would consist of the following: 
 

• Install a combi-wall (i.e., comprised of a combination of sheet-piles and steel pipe piles) riverward of the existing compromised sheet pile wall. 
• Once the combi-wall is installed, fill material would be placed in the interstice of the proposed and existing (compromised) sheet pile wall and would extend landward, overtop of the existing wall, to the existing concrete slab supporting the building.
• Potentially removing up to five recently installed steel pipe piles to facilitate installation of the new wall (as required).

The works will be conducted via a marine spud derrick equipped with a vibratory hammer for the sheet-piles and steep pipe piles and a clam-shell bucket for the placement of fill material overtop of the completed wall. Pile driving will be conducted during daytime hours, however nighttime works may be required to facilitate welding of the piles during low tides.