East Surrey Highway 1 I/C - City of Surrey

Highway 1 Widening 

Project 

• Scheduled completion in 2013 

• Gateway project under Ministry of 

Transportation: improving the movement of 

people and goods on Highway 1 

• Most existing interchanges will need to be 

rebuilt to increase span across widened 

Highway 1 and for seismic enhancement 

• Environmental Assessment public comment 

period for Highway 1 starts this fall 

EAST SURREY HIGHWAY 1 INTERCHANGE

Existing Harvie Rd/192 Street 

overpass & ramps 

• Overpass constructed in1963 

• West-facing ramps opened in October 

2006 

– Provides direct access between Port Kells 

Industrial area and relieves Barnston Drive 

– No access to areas south of Highway 1 

– Primarily for commercial vehicles 

– New ramps provide relief to H15 (176 St) and 

somewhat to 200 St interchanges 


Construct overpass and ramps 

in existing or new location? 

The replacement of the existing overpass 

when Highway 1 is widened provides 

the opportunity to consider an 

alternative alignment (192 Street). 

Please review the following information 

and provide your feedback. Your 

feedback will help direct our 

recommendations to City Council and 

ultimately to the Ministry of 

Transportation. 


Environmental 

Considerations 

• Bartesko Brook 

is red-coded, 

ie. Fish bearing 

• Yellow coded 

creeks and 

ditches provide 

fish habitat 

• Many of the 

ditches along 

192 Street, 

Harvie Road 

and H1 have 

no fish habitat 

value 


Heritage Considerations 



Historic Railway Line Through Port Kells 

Since 1880, Provincial legislation allowed municipalities the right to 

construct private roads and grant rights for railway companies 

to construct rail lines. 

• Together with the New Westminster Board of trade, Surrey 

Council authorized surveying a road from the Fraser River, 

passing through Port Kells, Fry’s Corner, Cloverdale, Hazelmere 

and to the US boundary. 

• New Westminster-Southern Railway (NWSR) obtained 

permission to operate a rail service on this line (see partial 

plan). 

• This became the first rail operation connecting BC with 

Washington State (See schedule inset on map). 

• The operation was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 

1891. 

• The coastal route, opened in March 1909, became the mainline 

for the NWSR as the Great Northern's main line. 

• The original line had service reduced. 

• In 1916, the NWSR right of way from Brownsville to Port Kells 

was sold to the CNR. 

• In 1917, rail service was ended. Rails were removed and rightof-way 

were officially abandoned between Hazelmere and the 

border in 1918, and from Hazelmere to Port Kells in 1919. 

Ceremony at the US - Canada Boundary in Douglas 

on February 14, 1891opening NWSR Service 



Trans Canada Highway Through Port Kells 

• The original “Highway 1” designation was created in 

1941. 

• The routes through Surrey crossed the Fraser River over 

the Patullo Bridge. 

• It then followed King George Highway and eastward along 

Fraser Highway. 

• Construction of the current freeway (initially named 

Highway 401) and the Port Mann Bridge was completed in 

1964. 

• In 1964 the opening of the freeway as part of the Trans 

Canada Highway system split the Port Kells. 


Characteristics of New Overpass and 

Ramps on the existing Harvie 

Road/192 Street Alignment 

Reconstruct the interchange on the existing 

alignment of Harvie Road/192 Street and widen 

overpass to 4 lanes: 

• Add east facing ramps for trucks, only 

• Harvie Road may need to be widened to 4 lanes 

but can be accommodated within existing 30m 

row 

• Signal maintained at off-ramp 

• Signal at Harvie/88 Avenue required, cul de sac 

92 Avenue to improve operation/safety at angled 

intersection 


Characteristics of New Overpass and Ramps on 

the existing Harvie Road/192 Street Alignment 


Considerations of using the 

Existing Alignment 

• May increase traffic on Harvie Road, south of 

Highway 1 

• Congestion during approximate 6 month 

construction period 

• Ten heritage and other significant features 

along Harvie Road 

• Bisects South Port Kells village community 

• Access to property between Harvie Road and 

Bartesko Brook will be restricted to Harvie 

Road 


Characteristics of New Overpass 

and Ramps on the 192 Street 

Alignment 

Construct a 4 lane overpass at 192 Street 

and Highway 1 

• Redesignate 192 Street, north of 88 

Avenue as arterial and widen to 4 lanes 

• Close existing Harvie Road overpass 

and realign Harvie Road 

• Improve 90 Avenue to provide access 

into Harvie Road area from 192 Street 

• Some options for eastbound off-ramp 


Characteristics of New Overpass and Ramps on 

the 192 Street Alignment 


Considerations of using the New 

Alignment 

• Can be constructed without disruption to 

existing overpass 

• Widen existing crossing of Bartesko Brook 

• Widening 192 Street may impact two 

archaeological sites, one heritage house: 

widening requires approx. 1m row per side 

• Widening 90 Avenue requires 1-2m row 

per side 

• Ramps may directly impact three to five 

properties 


How will the overpass and ramps fit 

into the South Port Kells Study? 

Both the existing and 192 Street 

alignment can be made to fit into the 

South Port Kells transportation concept. 

The City and the Ministry of 

Transportation are still working 

together to come up with a 

transportation option that can be 

agreed upon. 


Next Steps 

Please advise the City on your preference for 

the ultimate location for the future eastern 

interchange : 192 Street or Harvie Road. 

City staff will use your feedback to make a 

report back to Council and to MOT. 


South Port Kells Aerial Photo Spring 2007 

South Port Kells 

General Land Use Plan Boundary

East Surrey Highway 1 I/C - City of Surrey

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