Every year, the City of Chilliwack publishes an annual report covering everything from major infrastructure projects to departmental finances. The 2025 edition is now available online, and it offers a useful snapshot of a city that had a busy year.

Some of the highlights are well-known — the 2050 Official Community Plan and the Tyson-Keith Wilson upgrades were widely covered. But the report also captures the quieter work that doesn't always make headlines.

On the infrastructure side, crews paved more than eight kilometres of roads, replaced three aging culverts, and cleaned nearly 49,000 linear metres of drainage channels. Evergreen Hall was renovated with accessibility upgrades including a wheelchair lift and lever handles.

Environmental work included LED lighting upgrades at several city buildings, 5,400 trees and shrubs planted for habitat restoration, and treatment of 127 sites of invasive Japanese knotweed. The city also achieved a 6.6 per cent reduction in peak water consumption during Stage 1 water restrictions.

In parks and recreation, new spray zones were added at three parks, and the city acquired water-accessible wheelchairs and adaptive hockey sleds for its leisure facilities. The Chilliwack Fire Department responded to 4,915 calls for service, bylaw officers responded to more than 20,000 infractions, and building inspectors completed 7,087 inspections.

"Many of the smaller projects that still have an impact aren't highlighted the same way," said Mayor Popove. "Reading this report gives you a better idea of the scope of the City's work, and what each department is working on."