Comox Valley Celebrates Start Of Construction On The New Sewer Conveyance Project

Construction officially kicked off on the new Courtenay Pump Station as part of the Comox Valley Sewer Conveyance Project with a ground-breaking event held Friday at the new site located on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation.

“As a key partner in the regional wastewater management strategy, our Nation supports this important work to ensure the health of our territory, as well as ultimately deliver critical infrastructure to K’ómoks South Lands, which includes our fee simple and intended Treaty Settlement Lands,” said Coral Mackay, Elected Councillor for K’ómoks First Nation.

“We will continue to focus on addressing the environmental impacts to Baynes Sound and the K’ómoks Estuary, to support our long-term goal of creating sustainable economic development that aligns with our K’ómoks values as Guardians of the lands and resources.”

Along with the construction of a new Courtenay Pump Station, the project will include retrofits to the K’ómoks First Nation and Town of Comox Pump Stations and the installation of more than nine kilometeres of new sewer forcemain that currently moves more than 14,000 cubic metres of raw sewage each day to the sewage treatment plant.

The sewer pipe runs through culturally sensitive lands and the CVRD is working with K’ómoks First Nation to mitigate impacts to archaeologically sensitive areas during construction, such as cultural heritage sites, ancestral burial places, and cultural belongings.

For more information, visit Comox Valley Regional District.