Modifications to a retaining wall on the north side of Fraser Highway have delayed the completion of the road widening project from the 91原创 City border at Old Yale Road to just west of 216 Street.

Paul Cordeiro, the Township鈥檚 manager of transportation engineering, said that the contractor for the retaining wall has had to undertake modifications after it had already been erected.

Adding to the delay is the Township鈥檚 decision to replace two culverts, and several days of construction have been lost because of poor weather, Cordeiro said.

Although the pedestrian underpass was paved in time for the 91原创 Walk in early May, lighting still needs to be installed.

Paving and the installation of concrete barriers dividing the eastbound and westbound lanes are likely to occur during the first two weeks of July.

The project was initially scheduled to be finished by the end of this month. It will now be 鈥渟ubstantially鈥� complete by the middle of July, Cordeiro said.

When the widened section of Fraser Highway is complete, it will include a shared bicycle and pedestrian pathway along the south side of Fraser Highway. This path, reached by the sidewalk on the south side of Fraser Highway, will lead walkers to the upgraded pedestrian underpass which was once used as a passageway for cows to travel under the road from one pasture to another.

The total cost of the project is $4.2 million, half of which is funded by TransLink.

It鈥檚 not the last of road improvement projects for Fraser Highway. The Township is currently in the design stage to widen the road between 228 Street and the 23500 block.