Mother Nature hasn’t been too kind on crews working on the Fourth Street pedestrian overpass.
When complete, the overpass will provide a direct connection from the top deck of the Front Street parkade at Fourth Street into Westminster Pier Park. The structure will include stairs and an elevator.
Keith Whiteley, a project manager with the city, said rain has delayed the pouring of some of the cement but the overpass will open early in 2015.
“We will be opening it to able-bodied first,” he said. “The elevator should be finished by the end of January.”
An official opening is expected to take place closer to the end of February 2015. Crews finished the railings on Dec. 23 and were expected to finish the final concrete pours on the top deck when weather permitted.
“They are finishing off the railings today,” said Whiteley who tours the site regularly. “It saves a lot of steps."
Westminster Pier Park opened on New Westminster’s waterfront in June 2012. Since that time, the park has had only one access point, which is through the parking lot at the west side of the park (near Fraser River Discovery Centre and River Market).
