Cumberland Street Rail Crossing Upgrades

East Columbia at Cumberland Street & Sapperton Landing Park

BACKGROUND

To support Council’s direction of implementing city-wide train whistle cessation, the City is upgrading the rail crossing and adjacent transportation facilities at Cumberland and East Columbia Streets. Additionally, the connection between the Central Valley Greenway and the Brunette Fraser Regional Greenway is an important active transportation route requiring safety upgrades.

Included as a part of these upgrades are:

Install a new bicycle crossing adjacent to the pedestrian crossing of East Columbia Street.
Replace the existing East sidewalk along East Columbia with a new multi-use path (MUP).
Replace the existing sidewalk along ramp access to Sapprton Landing Park with a new multi-use path (MUP).
Install two new raised crossing surfaces across the ramp driveway to Sapperton Landing Park.
Install new railway warning system equipment.
Install a new raised crossing surface across the parking lot access to Sapperton Landing Park.