2023 Courtenay Annual Report

Infrastructure Maintenance In 2023, Public Works Services made steady progress with proactive maintenance, such as flushing water mains and roadway paving, while keeping up with reactive maintainance – responding to to issues like potholes and watermain leaks, as they are discovered or reported.

Utilities Type of asset

Parks and Green Spaces

Type of asset

Totals

Totals 169 km

Trees planted in 2023

434

Sanitary sewer main

Total planted trees

4,742

Sanitary sewer connections

8124

Naturally grown trees (estimate)

30,000

Sanitary Lift Stations

9

Mowed grass area

40.8 hectares

Pump stations

17

Trails (paved & unpaved)

37 km

Water main

173.7 km

Playgrounds Park benches Park buildings Picnic tables Footbridges

25

Water main connections

9020 2917

156

Water meter setters

21 56 30

Storm main

169 km

Storm connections (estimate)

7,411 4,409

Catch basins

Transportation

Type of asset

Totals

Courtenay's vast network of above and below-ground infrastructure requires ongoing monitoring, maintenance, and renewal. This includes essential services such as water, wastewater, storm, and transportation networks, as well as parks, recreation, and equipment. The estimated replacement value of these assets is over $1 billion.

Roads (total lane km)

170 km (354 lane km)

Sidewalks

178 km

Garbage cans Fire hydrants Street lights

159 816

1,535

Public Works Asset Lifecycle Activities by Year

Activity

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Public Works service requests

1,576

2,206

2,202

2,106

2,804

Roadway paving (some multi-lane roads)

2.6 km (6.0 lane km)

1.8 km (7.0 lane km)

543 m (1.1 lane km)

1.7 km (3.45 lane km)

2.7km (4.52 lane km)

Potholes repaired

196

301

200

321

487

Watermains flushed

24 km

21 km

19 km

N/A

56 km

Watermain breaks

2

3

3

5

7

Watermain leaks

42

20

33

81

98

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