Site work and new construction of a water / sewer project in Comox, British Columbia. Conceptual plans call for the construction of a water / sewer project.

The Comox Valley Sewer Conveyance Project is a multi-year construction project that will replace the pipes and upgrade the pump stations that move more than 14,000 cubic metres of raw sewage each day to the sewage treatment plant on Brent Road. This new system will route sewer pipes further inland where they will no longer be vulnerable to damage by waves, rocks, logs and weather. One of the most important goals of the project is to protect the shoreline and waters throughout the Comox Estuary, Point Holmes, Goose Spit coastlines, as well as Baynes Sound. TIMELINE: The conveyance component was separated out of the Liquid Waste Management Plan (LWMP) process back in 2021 and conducted separately as the Comox Valley Sewer Conveyance Project. Contracts were awarded to Maple-Knappett joint venture and Wacor Holdings for the design-build and design-bid-build portions of the project respectively. Construction of the forcemain is currently underway and is expected to be completed by spring 2026. The Stage 2 LWMP was submitted to the province last year, along with an addendum for the Sewer Extension South Project in spring 2024, which would see the inclusion of parts of Royston and Union Bay in the sewer service. Development of the Stage 3 LWMP is currently underway. The Joint Technical and Public Advisory Committee is expected to meet later this fall as well as in the spring to review the document and options. Public consultation will be conducted in the spring 2025, with submittal of the final plan anticipated in summer/fall 2025. Spring 2025: Present Stage 3 LWMP to the core area and south region communities. Summer/Fall 2025: Stage 3 LWMP submitted to province. Spring/Summer 2026: Provincial approval of Comox Valley Sewer Service LWMP. *The Comox Valley Sewer Conveyance Project will be constructed and funded in one phase but will include two separate construction contracts. One contract will be delivered as a Design-Build contract and will entail sections from the Courtenay Pump Station to the bottom of the Comox Road hill and then from the intersection of Lazo Road and Torrence Road to the treatment plant. The second contract will be a conventional Design-Bid-Build (DBB) contract for works generally through the Town of Comox Estimated construction costs range from $43M - $65M for the three conveyance options under consideration.