Delta council this week agreed to award a contract valued at $117,524 for an engineering consultant to undertake detailed design and construction management for the rehabilitation of the Westminster Avenue Bridge in Ladner.
The work also includes estimating the remaining service life of the structure after the rehabilitation project.
The engineering department notes the bridge has been in service for approximately 65 years and no major rehabilitation has been performed on the structure.
Bridge rehabilitation measures are required to address structural deficiencies and safety concerns identified during an inspection.
In recent years, Delta installed gates along the Chillukthan Slough that control the water flow during the irrigation season, the engineering department notes, adding this change in hydraulic flow and speed may have further contributed to the deterioration of the bridge.
The city began looking at constructing a new Westminster Avenue Bridge in 2016 but that project is on hold for now.
