City of Courtenay Annual Report 2021

MANAGING OUR ASSETS

Despite reduced staffing in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, 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.

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.

PARKS AND GREEN SPACES

UTILITIES Type of asset

Type of asset

Cumulative totals

Cumulative totals

122

Trees planted 2021 Total planted trees

Sanitary sewer main

166 km

4,212

Sanitary sewer connections

7,898

Naturally grown trees (estimate)

30,000

Sanitary Lift Stations

11 20

Mowed grass area

40.8 hectares

Pump stations

Trails (paved & unpaved)

36 km

Water main

173.4 km

Playgrounds Park benches Park buildings Picnic tables Footbridges

25

Water main connections

8,733 2,610

156

Water meter setters

21 56 30

Storm main

167.2 km

Storm connections (estimate)

6,797 4,372

Catch basins

TRANSPORTATION

Type of asset

Cumulative totals 168 km (353 km)

Roads (total lane kms)

Sidewalks

173 km

Garbage cans Fire hydrants Street lights

159 805

1,497

PUBLIC WORKS ASSET MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES BY YEAR

Activity

2019

2020

2021

Public Works service requests

1,576

2,206

2,202

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)

Potholes repaired

196

301

200

Watermains flushed

24 km

21 km

19 km

Watermain breaks

2

3

3

Watermain leaks

42

20

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