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BC Travellers

Information of interest to commuters, tourists and recreational drivers in rural and urban BC.

How To Travel Back in Time on Vancouver Island Highways

January 6, 2023June 23, 2016 42 Comments

Does the busy modern world have you wishing you could step back in time? We’re happy to say your wish has been granted with this trip down memory lane (or highway)! Climb aboard our BC

Categories BC Travellers

Woodenhead a Solid Monument to Highway Safety

July 11, 2022June 7, 2016 17 Comments

A man with a wooden stare is watching over the Trans-Canada Highway at Revelstoke, to see if motorists are driving safely. The man, with his unblinking gaze, was once stationed along the Big Bend Highway

Categories BC Highway History

How Adopt a Highway Volunteers Are Armed for Weeds War

January 6, 2023May 26, 2016 2 Comments

We’re fighting invasive plants along BC highways, and we’re asking Adopt a Highway to volunteers in keeping these unwelcome pests from taking over more territory. Adopt a Highway volunteers are our invaluable in the getting

Categories Adopt a Highway, Road Maintenance

Coquihalla Construction Crews: “A Story for Every Kilometre”

September 1, 2020May 25, 2016 20 Comments

It took more than 10,000 people 20 months of continuous work to open Phase 1 of the Coquihalla, on May 16, 1986. Many of the men and women who worked on this historic project have

Categories BC Projects, BC Travellers

Construction of the Coquihalla: Still Amazing After 30 Years

September 1, 2020May 16, 2016 48 Comments

It was the most ambitious highway project in the province’s history. It’s one of the most heavily travelled route in all of British Columbia. From top to bottom, motorists can experience every single type of

Categories BC Travellers
Project Work

What’s the Best Thing About the Luxor Creek Bridge?

January 6, 2023April 27, 2016 3 Comments

Sometimes we work on a project that changes not just the highway, but the world around it. Such was the case with our recent work on scenic Highway 95 at Luxor Creek.  A key wildlife

Categories BC Travellers, Environment, Wildlife

Powerful Rail Safety Warnings From Around the World

January 5, 2023April 26, 2016 2 Comments

Rail safety matters all the time, and every place there is train tracks. So, we embarked on a tour to four continents to pick out what we thought were the most powerful messages to keep

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers

Vulcan Logic and the Next Generation of BC Highway Barrier

January 5, 2023April 13, 2016 5 Comments

In 2015, we replaced a section of Highway 19 concrete median barrier with an emergency access gate – also known as a Vulcan Barrier (please excuse any ensuing Star Trek jokes) – the first on

Categories BC Travellers, Emergency Events
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