P16-cement-09112013_288The West Vancouver Freight Access Trench Project is coming along as crews took advantage of this morning’s clear weather to build the concrete trench structure that, when complete in October 2014, will allow full length unit trains of up to 120 cars to enter the port without impeding upon the existing North/South BNSF rail line.

This project phase (the second of four) is approximately 25 percent complete and is on budget and on schedule. Rotschy, Inc. of Vancouver, WA has completed three of the 13 concrete pours, with a pour scheduled every other week until they are finished. Pile driving continues and is ahead of schedule, with the majority of piles below the “Ordinary High Water Mark” expected to be complete in advance of the in-water work window. Because the project work is so close to a major river, these work windows allow crews to plan construction before waters rise in late fall.