Lax Kw’alaams Ferry Dock

  • Date: 2009
  • Location: Prince Rupert, BCi
  • Cost: $2,900,000
  • Category: Lax Kw’alaams Ferry Dock, Marine
  • Investor: Ministry of Transportation

Project Scope

The existing timber approach facility was demolished to accommodate the new facility for the Lax Kw’alaams ferry serving Port Simpson. Work included installation of twelve 36-inch-diameter steel pipe piles socketed 4m into bedrock, modifications to steel barge float, assembly and installation of 115-foot-long Acrow bridge, fabrication of a 50-foot-long steel approach span c/w concrete abutment, 220 lm of uplands road construction with concrete curbs and sidewalks including road pavement and bus shelter.