Infrastructure

Significant Milestone Achieved in the Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project

May 27, 2024 

The Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project has reached a significant milestone. The main tower for the new bridge, which will replace the existing Pattullo Bridge and connect Surrey and New Westminster, has been completed. 

Highway 1: Oversize Permit Restrictions Between Duncan and Chemainus

May 27, 2024

Please be advised that the Chemainus River Arch Bridge, located on Highway 1 approximately 10 km north of Duncan, will undergo construction starting June 18, 2024. During this period, all traffic will be redirected to the recently repaired Chemainus River Truss Bridge.

Due to the narrow lane width of the Chemainus River Truss Bridge, the following restrictions will apply to oversize vehicles and loads:

Nicomen Highway 1 Closure

May 27, 2024

Traffic closures will be occurring at the Highway 1 Nicomen project site starting Thursday, May 30^th, 2024 and running through Monday, June 3^rd, 2024.

These localized closures are required to install the new bridge steel girders.

There will be a 2 hour highway closure of both westbound and eastbound directions.

This 2 hour daily closure will occur as follows:

Kicking Horse Canyon Highway 1 Traffic Impacts

May 27, 2024 

The Kicking Horse Canyon will continue to have intermittent stoppages (up to 2 minutes) and full closures (up to 2 hours) on the Trans-Canada Highway through the months of May and June. Highway 1 will remain reduced to 2 lanes of traffic through the Canyon for the duration of the planned work.

Ladysmith: Highway 1 Undergoing Drainage Improvements

May 27, 2024

Travelers on Highway 1 near Ladysmith are advised to exercise caution as crews perform drainage and base repair work on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Thicke Road intersection.

Highway Improvements Coming to the Southern Interior

May 13, 2024 

Efforts are underway in the southern Interior to enhance infrastructure by upgrading a total of 482 kilometres of highways and side roads.

This year, an investment of over $122 million has been made toward the resurfacing of highways and local roads in the southern Interior.

Safer Highway Roads Coming to Northern BC

May 13, 2024 

This construction season will see an investment of approximately $53 million dedicated to resurfacing 260 kilometers of northern highways and local roads.

Flood Damage Repairs Coming to Highway 11

Starting Monday, April 29, 2024, the long-awaited repairs to the flood damage on Highway 11 at Willband Creek in Abbotsford begin. Commuters should be prepared for traffic pattern adjustments during the project's duration.

Traffic Impacts: 112th Street Crossing, Highway 99

Between April 22 and May 31, drivers should anticipate nightly shutdowns occurring on Highway 99 at 112th Street in the southbound slow or fast lane from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. to repair the 112^th Street overpass that was damaged on Dec. 28, 2023, when hit by an over-height load.

Lansdowne Street Closure, Kamloops: April – November

The City of Kamloops has informed BCTA that Lansdowne Street from 1^st Avenue to 7^th Avenue will be closed to all commercial vehicles from April 28 to approximately November 15 to support the Tranquille Sanitary Sewer Project.