P7-Kinder-Morgan-REV_200pixIn order to make room for the port’s expanding rail corridor as part of the West Vancouver Freight Access project, the utilities that support the Kinder-Morgan bulk unloading facility are in the midst of relocation. The project, which began in October of this year, is moving utilities from the project area of the new Bulk Facility Railcar Dumper Pit for port tenant Kinder-Morgan.

More than 2,000 lineal feet of water mainline has been installed for the facility, and a revised electrical control structure to support revised electrical and communication systems is under construction. Trenching is taking place near the port’s maintenance building to house the new station, as the original station was in conflict with future rail lines. In addition, 600 feet of utility casings, which protect the Kinder-Morgan utilities and allows for additional rail tracks, has been installed.

This is the first of three phases within this project, which is currently 50 percent underway, with plans to be complete in January 2013. Remaining activities for this phase includes installing additional water mainline and a sanitary sewer lift station. The final two phases include (2) the relocated facility foundation, and (3) configuring the rail, installing housing and conveyors and removing the existing facility. The entire project is expected to be completed in 2014.