Council approves multi-million dollar water main project for South Surrey
Published 4:00 pm Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Contracts for a multi-million dollar project to build two water mains in South Surrey were approved by Surrey council Monday.
The two mains — feeder water main along 24 Avenue, servicing Darts Hill, Grandview (area) 5 and Redwoods neighbourhoods; and a second feeder water main along 172 Street extending servicing to Darts Hill — are part of a construction package that also included two kilometres of feeder water mains along 24 Avenue (166 Street to 172 Street) and 172 Street (24 Avenue to 20 Avenue) to service growth.
The project also includes coordinated arterial road widening and improvements on 24 Avenue, with added eastbound and westbound lanes from the 16500-block to 168 Street to an interim four-lane standard, and one additional westbound lane from 168 Street to 172 Street fronting the city’s property to an interim three-lane road, a city report noted, adding the road improvements also include pedestrian and cycling facilities.
Council voted to award low bidder B&B Heavy Civil Construction Ltd. $11,592,600 for construction of the 24 Avenue road and water main improvements, and set the expenditure authorization limit at $12,751,860.
They also awarded a consultant agreement to Aplin and Martin Consultants Ltd. in the amount of $388,500 for the related engineering construction services, and set the expenditure authorization limit at $427,000.
City staff confirmed approximately $5.3 million will come from the city’s federal Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) funds. In December of 2023, the city secured approval for $95.6 million in funding from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation through HAF to help increase housing supply, support growth, and advance community development over the next three years.
The rest of the funding is available in the approved 2026 Transportation and Utilities budget, the city report said/
“For utilities, $3.8 million of the water main is being funded through HAF and the remainder funded through Development Cost Charges, while the arterial road works are funded 87.5 per cent through Development Cost Charges and the remainder, the Road and Traffic Safety Levy,” the report said.
“This is a big ticket,” Locke said at the meeting, noting that, while some money is from the federal HAF funding, “This is a large and costly project.”
But it is good news for South Surrey, she noted.
“This opens up a significant part of our city that will allow for other development areas in South Surrey.”
Coun. Madeep Nagra asked city staff how much of the $95.6 million in HAF funding is left, but was told they would have to report back to him later with an amount.
The contract work is expected to start in July 2026 and be completed in the summer of 2027.
— with files from Tom Zytaruk