2025-2029 Surrey Financial Plan

DRAINAGE

ECOSYSTEMS

• The Salmon Habitat Restoration Program program employed a group of high school and university students to enhance Surrey’s streams and riparian areas across numerous creek and foreshore sites. The (“SHaRP”) team also conducted community engagement programming at schools, neighbourhood events and City-wide festivals; launched a dedicated Instagram account; supported ongoing partnerships with local hatcheries and environmental partners; and developed new relationships with the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (“DFO”) Pacific Science Enterprise Centre to learn about research projects in the region; • Completed the replacement of the Colebrook drainage pump station and structural repairs to the Fry’s Corner pump station; • Completed substantial trunk drainage improvements in Robson Creek neighbourhood; • Completed an extensive maintenance and construction program in the Serpentine-Nicomekl floodplain, as well as undertaking a first phase of sediment removal from the Surrey Lake sediment pond which traps INFRASTRUCTURE

• Adapted and implemented stream assessment methodology to help prioritize enhancement works along streams; • Conducted annual monitoring for the Boundary Bay Assessment and Monitor Program (“BBAMP”) and completed ensemble water quality studies that reviewed numerous years of monitoring in both the BBAMP and Adaptive Management Framework programs; and • Advanced the design and construction of multiple DMAF projects for flood protection and coastal resiliency to augment the City’s drainage capital projects and build the necessary infrastructure for coastal flood resilience.

• Participated in the Infrastructure Benchmarking Initiative to better understand service levels and share data with other Canadian Cities.

sediment from the Bear Creek catchment prior to entering the Serpentine River; and

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