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Port applies to dredge Burrard Inlet for tankers
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The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has applied to dredge Burrard Inlet in a move that would allow tankers to more fully load with oil.
In a proposal released for public comment, the port authority seeks to dredge both sides of a navigation channel east of Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing starting in late September. Charlotte Olson, acting vice-president of infrastructure at the port authority, said in a statement that the organization is launching a public engagement process alongside a technical review process already underway. The dredging proposal for the Second Narrows in Burrard Inlet is meant “to boost trade capacity at the Port of Vancouver in support of national objectives to grow Canadian exports to overseas markets,” Olson said. Currently, Aframax-class tankers that dock at Trans Mountain’s Westridge Marine Terminal only fill to 80 per cent capacity due to risks of bottoming out in the channel. If approved, the application contemplates removing 25,000 square metres of material across two roughly 470-metre-long strips covering 1.75 hectares. The goal, according to documents, is to deepen the navigation channel between 1.3 and six metres. The work is expected to last until February 2027, but delays could extend completion until 2028. Continued on A28
FEELING LOW A CN rail worker makes his way across the CN Second Narrows Rail Bridge on Feb. 25. The bridge was stuck in the ‘lowered’ position for several days, blocking shipping lanes. See story Page 7. CHUNG CHOW / BIV