The following information was received from BC Hydro on September 25, 2026.

BC Hydro weekly update #22 – marine schedule within the Gorge Waterway and work within Viaduct Park and Banfield Park

This is the last push to get the marine work complete, meaning the work done by barge, by midnight September 30 and the last day of the summer fisheries work. The work in the foreshore/riparian areas will also be covered below.

These schedules are a guide and subject to change given the work activities. It’s not just about the ocean tides and access, but how the work progresses, survey work, inspections, equipment activities, and so on.

Gorge Waterway marine work by barges:

The marine work is taking place every day thru September 30. This is the approximate schedule of work as it relates to the trenching filling work:

• September 25-27: start around 9:00 am and finish at around 9:00 pm.
• September 28-30: start around 8:00 am and finish around 8:00 pm.
  • Note that September 30 may potentially go to midnight.

Please continue to follow signage and buoys, and crew and pilot boat instruction, as you move through the marine work area. There is 50 metre no swim zone around the work area, with the no swim zone set at 90 metres on the Banfield Park side. Please obey signage. Weekly water quality testing continues to be in line with pre-construction testing.

*****Starting on October 1, our contractor plans to prepare the barges and equipment so they can move under the Selkirk Trestle and, tide dependent, out of the area by October 6******

Work within Viaduct Park:

There will be some days of work and some days where there is no work. The reason for the 24/7 work is to follow the ocean tides and complete backfilling over the cable conduits. We need the conduits fully covered with material, including the marine area, in order to allow us to pull the cable from the vault at Viaduct Park to the vault at Banfield Park.

• September 25-27: 7:00 am to 7 pm.
• September 28-29: 24/7 work starting at 8:30 pm on Monday and finishing in the early hours of Wednesday. The work will not be constant and will be related to ocean tides.
• September 30: no day or evening work in park.

Work within Banfield Park:

• September 25: 6:00 am to 7:00 pm.
• September 26-30: 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.