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Your BC Road Trip Photo Quest’s 10 Best for 2023

September 25, 2023September 18, 2023

For the past few years, we’ve been celebrating your thirst for adventure by inviting you to share your road trip photos in, what we call, the BC Road Trip Photo Quest. At the start of summer, we asked you to share your BC road trip photos by tagging us and/or using the hashtag #BCRoadTrip2023 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

As always, we were blown away by how many exceptional photographs you submitted from all over the province. It was incredibly hard, but we eventually whittled the collection down to 10 of our favourites – the “Best of the Quest,” we call them!

How to Join the BC Road Trip Photo Quest!

June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 5 Comments

This summer (June 21 – September 4, 2023), we’re looking for your BC road trip photos with the #BCRoadTrip2023 hashtag on Twitter and Instagram. If you have a Facebook account, then post your pics to our BC Transportation

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BC’s Avalanche Program — Keeping You Safe From (Tons of) Falling Snow

March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 2 Comments

Mountains are one of British Columbia’s most defining features, but those majestic snow-capped peaks can create some pretty hazardous driving conditions on our mountain passes during avalanche season, which typically runs from November to April.

3 Types of Highway Barriers and How We Use Them for Safety

September 12, 2023January 19, 2023 62 Comments

British Columbia’s beautiful, but rugged, terrain means our highway infrastructure must often hug mountainsides and carry over chasms. One of the most important ways we protect travellers’ safety is by installing highway barriers to stop

BC Road Trip Time Machine: Highway 97 from Cache Creek to Prince George in 1966

September 12, 2023December 21, 2022 2 Comments

Great Scott! If our calculations are correct, the flux capacitor has taken our beloved BC Road Trip Time Machine back to Highway 97 – between Cache Creek and Prince George – as it was during

How BC Air Access Provides Small Airport Funding and Supports Safety

September 12, 2023December 7, 2022 2 Comments

BC’s 300 aviation facilities have critical roles to play, like wildfire suppression and medical evacuation (medevac), and we’re helping to support them with small airport funding from the BC Air Access Program (BCAAP).

New bridge installed on BC Highway 8 following damage from November 2021 Atmospheric River event.

Where Are We Now? BC Atmospheric River Event – A Year in Review

September 12, 2023November 24, 2022 4 Comments

It was an event unlike anything we’ve ever experienced here in the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. When an atmospheric river brought an unprecedented amount of rain to the province in November 2021 – BC

Scalers – Top to Bottom Rock Removal Specialists

September 12, 2023October 20, 2022 5 Comments

Scalers work above roadways to help keep motorists safe from falling rock or encountering a surprise boulder (or three). Their work as rock removal specialists also enables workers and equipment to safely perform construction below.