Temporary signals: Highway 91

Temporary signal lights have been installed at the intersection of Highway 97 and Skaha Hills Drive/Sandhill Road.

The temporary signal lights will remain in place while the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure continues to work in collaboration with the Penticton Indian Band on a long-term solution to upgrade the intersection.

Road Surface Improvements: Highway 19

Work is underway on Highway 19 through Nanaimo and Lantzville to improve the road surface and to increase the highway’s climate-change resiliency.

To make the highway less vulnerable to damage from runoff and extreme rain, crews are installing a larger culvert system and improving drainage under the slope adjacent to the highway near Lantzville.

Crews will be working under the road starting in mid-August. Nighttime work requiring temporary lane closures will take place Monday to Friday between 7 pm and 5 am. There will be a speed limit of 60 km/h through the construction zone and traffic control personnel will be on site. This work is expected to be complete by October.

Hot-in-place asphalt resurfacing of the slow lanes and right-side auxiliary lanes between Cedar Road and Superior Road will also be carried out beginning Aug. 22 and finishing in late September. Work will take place overnight Sunday to Friday from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the duration of the project. There will be short, single-lane closures to limit traffic delays.

For the most up-to-date information about road conditions, please visit www.DriveBC.ca.