Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting LP

Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting LP is responsible for the maintenance of British Columbia’s Lower Mainland provincial highways including:

Port Mann Bridge/Hwy1 – First Avenue to 264th St.
Highway 91 and 91A
Highway 99: Oak Street Bridge to the US Border
Highway 10: Highway 91 to Highway 1
Highway 13: Highway 1 to the US Border
Highway 15: Highway 1 to the US Border
Highway 17: Highway 17A to BC Ferries Causeway
Highway 17A: Highway 99 to Highway 17
Lougheed Highway: Highway 1 to Ruskin
8th Avenue: Highway 15 to Highway 99
Main Arterial Routes at UBC
Barnston Island.

Bridges & Tunnels

Port Mann Bridge
Alex Fraser Bridge
Pattullo Bridge / Knight Street Bridge (Translink infrastructure)
Oak Street
Pitt River Bridge
Queensborough Bridge
George Massey Tunnel

Note: The South Fraser Perimeter Road is maintained by Mainroad Fraser Maintenance LP.

Mainroad is not responsible for plowing within municipal boundaries.

The Lower Mainland is one of the busiest transportation zones in Canada with port facilities; rail and cruise ship lines; one international and three regional airports; ferry, bus and trucking terminals; and US border locations. It is a highly urbanized and rapidly growing region with the highest concentration of people and communities in the province and a magnet for tourism. While the area is generally subject to a mild coastal atmosphere, it can periodically experience severe wind, rain, and snow conditions.

The headquarters and main works yard for Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting are located in Surrey’s Cloverdale community with supporting facilities in Delta and Langley.

Specific road maintenance challenges include:

Communications/traffic monitoring and control
Concentrated population base
Environmental issues
Ferry and port terminals/international border crossings
Freeways, major bridges, swing bridges, HOV lanes
Heavy and high speed traffic routes
Large and diverse stakeholder groups
Major bridge structures
Traffic control flow operations (bridge and tunnel)
Signs

Service Area

The Lower Mainland Service area: 1,525 kilometres of roadway including 626 major structures (e.g. bridges, retaining walls, culverts, and sign structures) and a wide array of signage ranging from a single face on a post to a face on a sign bridge spanning multiple lanes.

Maintenance Activities

bridge deck and structural repairs
concrete barrier maintenance
culvert repairs and rehabilitation
drainage control
installation of raised pavement markers
median cable barrier maintenance
mowing of vegetation
pavement patching and rehabilitation
pedestrian and bike pathways*
roadside fence repairs
sign cleaning and replacement

*Pathway maintenance includes Nordel Way, Maple Ridge path between 222 and 216th Avenue, bridges noted above as well as area around the Queensborough bridge. All other pathways in the Lower Mainland are maintained by the local municipality.

Projects

Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting completes a multitude of projects on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and others for example:

Pattullo Bridge deck rehabilitation
Whistler Olympic signage and Olympic Rings installation
Various multi-plate pipe replacement projects on Hwy 99
George Massey Tunnel shut down and counter flow installation
Bridge maintenance and repairs for most municipalities within the Lower Mainland
Installation of the first cable barrier restraint system in British Columbia

Roadway services available include:

Road repairs and rehabilitation
Traffic Management (including Special Event and Motion Picture filming)
Winter Road Maintenance

With a large and concentrated population in the Lower Mainland and limited access routes, emergency planners have developed a network of roads as disaster response routes. Mainroad’s crews and management staff are designated “first responders” in the case of an earthquake or other disaster in the region and take that added responsibility very seriously.

Awards

In 2022, Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting was the Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Award of Excellence in Road and Bridge Maintenance for work in the Lower Mainland service area.
In 2021, Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting was the Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Award of Excellent in Community Service
In 2018, Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting was the Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Award of Excellence in Road and Bridge Maintenance for work in the Lower Mainland service area.
In 2016, Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting was the Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Award of Excellence in safety innovation, for its High Speed Traffic Control Training
In 2012, Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting was the Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Award of Excellence in Road and Bridge Maintenance for work in the Lower Mainland service area.
In 2008, Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting placed 2nd in the Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Award of Excellence for performance excellence.