Navigation Benefits, Upper Fraser River
Lauga & Associates has been retained by the Canadian Coast Guard to
investigate the benefits of navigational improvements on the Upper Fraser River,
Sumas to Hope. This part of the river has been continuously providing
commercial navigation for more than 100 years.
Goal of the Study
The study goal is to be a catalyst for improving navigation on the upper
Fraser River. At the same time, navigational improvements are expected to be
consistent with the parallel goal of environmentally sustainable development in
the region and should be coordinated to assist with dyking and flood control.
Purpose of the Study
 | What are the consequences of poor navigation opportunities on the upper
Fraser River? |
| What is required to improve navigation? |
| What existing information is available about the environmental and
hydraulic impacts of waterways development on the upper Fraser River? |
| What government agencies would be involved in regulating and permitting
for navigation and waterways development activities such as dredging? |
| What relationships are there between waterways development and, dyking and
flood control and how can waterways improvements assist dyking and flood
control efforts? |
| What characteristics of the upper Fraser River are relevant to waterways
development? |
| What management structures may be appropriate to regulate and coordinate
waterways development and the parallel activities of environmental
management and of dyking and flood control? |
| How would improved navigation affect the logistics of navigation on the
upper Fraser River and what are the linkages to the lower Fraser River? |
| What is the most appropriate combination of river transport technology and
waterways development on the upper Fraser River taking into account the
characteristics of the River and the need for environmental protection? |
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