Darkness falls. A cold wind howls, forcing trees to bow their bare, gnarled branches. Pale moonlight flits through the clouds, creating strange shapes and distorted shadows. A sense of foreboding sets in. Halloween is here. As you make your way alone along the long, desolate road, you feel a little like Ichabod Crane trying...
Winter is here. Sorry, I know it says Fall on the calendar but cold weather is already making it’s presence known in many parts of B.C. Are you ready? There are many things you can do to be prepared, one of which is knowing how to install winter tire chains. Below is a video...
Some stretches of B.C.’s foggiest, rainiest, snowiest highways now have extra “glow,” due to the latest in pavement marking technology used by the ministry. Recently, a 5.3-kilometre stretch along Highway 16, 32 kilometres east of Prince Rupert, which is prone to particularly challenging weather, was chosen to receive the special treatment. It was given...
If you live in the South Coast region of BC, being prepared for driving in winter weather might be lower on your priority list than it would be if you lived in the North. But don’t get soft when it comes to Old Man Winter – he is sneaky, often bad tempered and can...
Winter in B.C. It means snow and ice and a lot of bad weather that can make driving more challenging. That’s why we’re teaming up with WorkSafeBC, the British Columbia Automobile Association and the BC Roadbuilders & Heavy Construction Association, as well as others, to launch the “Shift into Winter” campaign. The focus of...
Getting to Garibaldi Park has become safer, and reaching a popular recreation area near Smithers has become easier, due to recent road improvements by the ministry. Garibaldi Park Road is a former forestry road which leads to Garibaldi Provincial Park, a popular year-round site for outdoors enthusiasts. The road, which begins from Mamquam Road,...
Did you know that a docked cruise ship uses more electricity in an hour than an average North American household does in almost a year? Faced with this statistic and the fact that Vancouver is the home port of one of the world’s most popular cruise routes (Vancouver -Alaska); the Ministry of Transportation and...
Improving safety for pedestrians, alerting drivers to corners and smoothing and strengthening roads are some outcomes of recent highway projects in the North. The ministry couldn’t do it without our partners, so there’s a shout out to them here. Masset Lighting Project Residents of a new multi-unit housing complex in the Blue Jacket subdivision,...
Just 12 months ago, Highway 20, between Tatla Lake and Bella Coola, was reopened after more than 200 millimetres of rain (a once in every 200 year event) fell over a 36-hour period, flooding the area. The route was impassable at 12 locations. Seventeen days later it was reopened. And, if you drove over it...
