Cedar Drive Upgrade Project
Taking place from spring 2021 to 2027, the Cedar Drive Upgrade Project (PDF)is taking place in a number of phases and will extend the sewer system, improve drainage, enhance Partington Creek and provide transportation upgrades. The much-needed upgrades will support new development in the eastern section of the Partington Creek neighbourhood, and will also improve service to existing residents in the area.
This will be the largest and likely most complex project delivered by the City’s Engineering & Public Works department in the current five-year capital plan.
Construction Update
The next phase of the Cedar Drive Upgrade project has been awarded to Gemco Construction Ltd. and work inlcudes:
- Removal of pre-load;
- Installation of new sanitary sewer main from the Pump Station to Gilleys Trail;
- Installation of new water main and service connections;
- Construction of two sedimentation ponds and culverts;
- Construction of new road, driveways, multi-use pathway, and street lighting;
- Installation of environmental plantings and restoration work; and
- Other miscellaneous work.
Cedar Drive Road Closure - May 11, 2026 to Fall 2027
The contractor will begin installing two new sedimentation ponds within the existing roadway on Cedar Drive. To complete this work, Cedar Drive between 4150 Cedar Drive and Gilleys Trail will be fully closed starting May 11, 2026.
This section of Cedar Drive will remain closed and detours will be in place 24/7 until fall 2027. Please refer to the map for details on the road closure area and detour route. All road users, including drivers, cyclists and pedestrians, will be detoured via Victoria Drive.
Project Timeline
- 2020: Completed the property acquisition and detailed design.
- 2021: Arranged for permitting and began some of the construction, primarily moving earth and “preloading” future road and utility sites – covering them with piles of earth to help settle the soil over time – and removal of knotweed, an invasive species.
- 2022/2023: Preloading work, as well as most of the sewer system expansion work, including a pump station, forcemain and gravity sewer connection to Victoria Drive.
- 2024: Construction of the drainage channel and environmental enhancements in Partington Creek (in late summer, when safe for fish).
- 2025 to 2027: Construction of Cedar Drive, multi-use pathway, drainage works and sanitary sewer works.
Stay Informed
Ongoing communications will take place with area property owners and other stakeholders as the work progresses, including notification when properties will be directly affected by construction activity.
To stay informed about the project, monitor this page or sign up for Cedar Drive Upgrade Project updates.
If you missed our information session, please review the video below or the online event questions and answers.
The objectives of the Cedar Drive Upgrade Project are as follows:
- Improved sewer services – New trunk sanitary sewer facilities along Cedar Drive and extending to Upper Victoria Drive, to serve existing and new development in the eastern part of the Partington Creek Neighbourhood.
- Increased flood protection – New flood channel and environmental works along the upper section of Cedar Drive to convey existing and future flows in Partington Creek, as well as raising Cedar Drive by 1.5 metres to mitigate flood impacts from freshets in the Pitt River/Fraser River system.
- Environmental enhancements in Partington Creek – Installation of riparian (Creekside habitat) areas to offset impacts from the development planned in the area (outlined in the Partington Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan (PDF), and removal of invasive plant species.
- Transportation upgrades – Widening the upper section of Cedar Drive as a transportation corridor to a two-lane width, constructing a multi-use pathway and adding street lighting.
Planning to bring utilities and roads to the east part of the Partington Creek neighbourhood –including the future Burke Mountain Village site – began about 10 years ago. Major engineering infrastructure is vital for the planned development envisioned in the Partington Creek Neighbourhood Plan.
The extension of services is mainly funded through developer fees, including the $16.5-million cost for the Cedar Drive Project.
- 2020: Complete the property acquisition and detailed design.
- 2021: Arrange for permitting and begin some of the construction, primarily moving earth and “preloading” future road and utility sites – covering them with piles of earth to help settle the soil over time – and removal of knotweed, an invasive species.
- 2022: Most of the sewer system expansion work, including a pump station, forcemain and gravity sewer connection to Victoria Drive.
- 2024: Construction of the drainage channel and environmental enhancements in Partington Creek (in late summer, when safe for fish).
- 2025/2026: Reconstruction of Cedar Drive, multi-use pathway and sanitary sewer works.
- Online information session questions and answers April 2021 (PDF)
- Cedar Drive Partington Creek Sanitary Drainage Environmental and Road Upgrades - Project Update 2024 (PDF)
- Council Report – Cedar Drive/Partington Creek Project Update (PDF) – March 2021
- Council Report – Northeast Coquitlam Trunk Infrastructure and Cedar Drive Sanitary Drainage and Road Upgrades (PDF) – July 6, 2020
- Partington Creek Neighbourhood Plan
- Partington Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan (PDF)
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans Supplemental Information Report (PDF)
- Interim Archeological Impact Assessment Report – Cedar Drive and Partington Creek Project (PDF)