Expansive Transportation planning the Focus for City of Prince Rupert with call for bids for Master Transportation Plan

Transportation across Prince Rupert is the focus for the city's latest
Call for Proposals at BC Bid
(photo from City of PR sources)

The City of Prince Rupert is surely in the running to be the Top provider of Bids for the BC Bid website for the last month, with the City currently featuring eight different calls for Bids or proposals on the provincial listings portal.

All of them providing for an indication as to how much City staff has on the go at the moment as they move forward on a range of projects and initiatives.

The most recent call for proposals was posted on Tuesday,  and sets the course ahead for the City's work towards Transportation planning, with the Call for Bids issued for a proponent to deliver a Master Transportation plan for Prince Rupert.

The details towards the work for the proponent make for a pretty comprehensive list of what are the main areas of note for the city when it comes to the future of Transportation for the community.

The latest initiative is described by the City's planning department as a strategic vision that will guide the City's Transportation and land use decisions, along with public investments over the next five to ten years. 

Among some of the areas the City is seeking to have included in the project:

Promote modal interconnectivity; thereby providing safe and direct options for people and goods to get to key destinations. 

Promote active transportation; thereby maximizing efficiencies and contributing to the health of the community and the environment. 

Promote public transit and taxis/ride-hailing; thereby maximizing efficiencies and contributing to the health of the environment. 

Promote accessibility; thereby enabling people of all ages and abilities to reach and interact with destinations. 

Promote complete streets; thereby providing safe, convenient, and comfortable travel and access to destinations for all regardless of preferred mode(s) of transportation. 

Promote green streets; thereby contributing to the character of neighbourhoods whilst ensuring integration with storm sewers. 

Promote traffic calming; thereby contributing to the safety of neighbourhoods and preserving the character of neighbourhoods. 

Promote safe and efficient intersections; thereby contributing to the safety of neighbourhoods and maximizing efficiencies. 

Promote cohesive wayfinding; thereby contributing to a sense of place in the various districts of the City as well as the entire City. 

Promote electric vehicle charging infrastructure; thereby accommodating the expected increase in electric vehicles. 

Promote coordination of major road works and infrastructure improvements; thereby maximizing efficiencies.

In addition to those goals for the Transportation Plan, the documentation toward the bid also makes note of a number of transportation projects that the City currently states as necessary.

Among those are:

Fairview-Ridley Industrial Site Connector Road

New airport ferry landing at Harbour Landing Park at the foot of Bill Murray Drive. 

New ferry to Gitxaala. 

Wantage Road Bypass.

Extension of Cow Bay Road along the proposed new pubic wharf to Bill Murray Drive. 

Traffic calming on 2nd Avenue. 

Roundabout at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and McBride Street. 

Downtown road network and parking strategy. 

Extension of 3rd Avenue to George Hills Way and the Marina District. 

New local roads to serve the Marina District. 

Assessment of a potential extension of 5th Avenue to George Hills Way.  

Road condition assessment

The budget for the Master Transportation Plan is listed at $100,000 with a one year process ahead towards delivery of the Master Transportation Plan Document and presentation of the findings for City Council.

For proponents looking to take on the initiative, the deadline to submit Proposals to the City is  2 PM on April 18th 2022.

One of the City's recently hired planners, Daniel Rajasooriar is the contact person at City Hall for the Master Transportation Plan work.

The full overview and documentation from the City is available on the BC Bid website.

You can review some background to previous City of Prince Rupert calls for Bids and Proposal from our archive page here.

Some of Prince Rupert Council's past discussions on themes of Transportation and infrastructure can be reviewed from our archive here.