Public notice

Outfitting Pier Extension Amendment – Public comments invited

December 22, 2023 – As part of its Project and Environmental Review process, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority must determine whether the proposed Outfitting Pier Extension Amendment- Amendment, located at Vancouver Shipyard, 10 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver are likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. Written comments to be received by January 20, 2024.

To help inform this determination and a decision on whether or not to approve the proposed amendment, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online.  For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website. In addition, your contact information may be shared with third parties, e.g., the tenant, other relevant agencies, to help respond to your questions and inform possible mitigations.

Written comments must be submitted by January 20, 2024 to:

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
Project and Environmental Review
100 The Pointe, 999 Canada Place
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6C 3T4
per@portvancouver.com

The proposed amendment

Seaspan ULC holds a valid permit to construct a new outfitting pier located within the Vancouver Shipyards site in North Vancouver. The project includes the removal of the existing timber outfitting pier and replacement with a new steel and concrete pier. The demolition and dredging components of the project are now complete, and Seaspan now proposes to vary permit condition 27 to allow remaining construction 24 hours per day, 7 days per week through to the end of the project. They also request that the permit validity be extended by an additional year, to October 31, 2025.