The project team has continued to move forward through the month of November, and after a busy month of construction on the Cold Spring Creek Project, are making good progress.

The team is planning to continue working for about the next three weeks and will then be shutting down for the winter. They will be starting up in the spring when the weather conditions are suitable. As we continue with construction into December the crew will need to monitor the temperatures and take care that the backfill material does not freeze so it can be placed correctly around the watermains once they are installed. This is especially important within the barrier footprint.

Work activities over the last month include the following:

• Removal of the slash leftover from clearing that took place earlier in the project.
• Access road construction has continued. We will continue to place material on the road as excavation takes place.
• Sorting material from the excavation has continued. We have several huge boulders and a large enough quantity of rocks suitably sized and shaped for use as riprap that we are not expecting to have to import any riprap for the project. Photos of both piles are included below. It is worth noting that these boulders made their way to the site as part of previous debris flows.
• Construction on the weir at the upstream end of the diversion is continuing – the intake pipe has been placed connecting the weir to the reservoir and the approach slabs have been poured.
• Work has begun on the water lines. The pipe is being fused and placed in the casing pipes. Excavations for the watermains are beginning this week.

Over the next three weeks:

• Slash removal will be completed.
• Work will continue on the watermains with the goal being to have the new sections tied in to the existing mains before the winter shutdown. There will be a water service interruption during the tie in and we are working closely with FHSR and their water operator to ensure that the impact to their customers is minimized. There will be more information about this leading up to the service interruption so everyone will have adequate notice.
• The temporary creek diversion work will begin. The creek will need to be diverted around a short section of the work site downstream of the existing reservoir and dam in order to build the outlet structure for the barrier. Most of the diversion will be constructed before the winter shutdown but the diversion will not be activated until the spring.

A rendering of the completed structure is included below and it has been marked up to explain how the different components together. It will also be posted in the Project-Specific Documents folder.

As a reminder, there will continue to be increased traffic to and from the worksite during the construction period and the work area will be closed to the public for the duration of the project. Thank you to everyone for your cooperation!

If there are any questions about the project, please don’t hesitate to contact the project manager at the RDEK, Kara Zandbergen at kzandbergen@rdek.bc.ca.

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