West Vancouver is advising drivers to expect road closures next week as work gears up on the controversial Five Creeks stormwater pipeline.
Scheduled road closures include: Thompson Crescent between Mathers Avenue and Thompson Place, the 3100 to 3200 block of Mathers Avenue, Benbow Road between Thompson Place and Westmount Road, as well as the 3200 to 3300 block of Westmount Road.
Roads are set to be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Construction on that section of the pipeline is set to wrap up June 4.
Beginning June 5, work is set to move from Thompson Place to the 3300 block of Westmount Road. That segment is set to finish June 7.
British Pacific Properties and the District of West Vancouver are planning to build a five-foot diameter pipe from the Upper Levels Highway down Westmount Road to the foot of 31st Street via Thompson Crescent and Mathers Avenue to handle the excess flows from Pipe, Westmount, Cave, Turner, and Godman creeks.
Several residents have protested the work as unnecessary and impeded construction. West Vancouver’s lawyers filed a claim in B.C. Supreme Court on May 28 asking for a court order prohibiting anyone from preventing construction of the pipeline.
A court date to hear the district’s application has been set for June 4.
