If it goes ahead, the new terminal at the Port of Vancouver will be attached to the existing Roberts Bank Terminal, itself an artificial island built in 1970 in the Strait of Georgia.
The authority says Terminal 2 will boost container-handling capacity at the port by 30%, representing C$100bn in goods a year and adding C$3bn to the province of British Columbia’s GDP.
Building it will create 18,000 construction jobs, and the terminal will create 17,000 permanent jobs when operational, the authority said.
The authority wants a construction partner with strong experience in big marine infrastructure projects, and with technical and regulatory experience relevant to the port, including working with First Nations.
The job will be to build the artificial island and wharf structure, widen the causeway connecting Roberts Bank Terminal to the mainland to make way for more rail tracks, and expand the tug basin.
‘Progressive design-build’
The authority favours a “progressive design-build” contract, which it says will allow for greater collaboration, flexibility in design, and better cost and schedule certainty.
Eventually, three candidates will be invited to submit proposals for a design and early works agreement to inform the final investment decision.
The winner will collaborate with the port authority, First Nations, and regulators to assess logistics, costs, schedule, and early works.
When the authority makes the final decision to invest, a target-price design-build agreement will be signed and the construction phase will begin.
Lawsuit
The C$3.5bn project faces opposition on grounds it would harm the habitat for Chinook salmon, on which a dwindling number of southern resident killer whales depend.
A coalition of conservation groups brought a case to Federal Court alleging the scheme breached Canada’s Species At Risk Act (SARA), but a judge dismissed the case in January this year.
Last year, the authority submitted a SARA-compliant Fisheries Act Authorisation application to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. A decision is expected by October 2026.
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