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Road Maintenance

Updates and background on the work we do to maintain and rehab BC bridges and highways during the spring, summer and fall.

Everything You Need to Know About Travel Advisories on BC Highways

December 9, 2019December 20, 2018 5 Comments

Ministry staff and our highway maintenance contractors work around the clock to keep travellers on BC highways moving safely, but sometimes extreme weather (or other emergency conditions) create special circumstances that can pose challenges for

Categories BC Travellers, Road Maintenance, Shift into Winter, Trucking

Share and Share Alike – Federal Sections on Provincial Highways

October 7, 2020December 5, 2018 12 Comments

A strange thing happens when you’re travelling BC’s highways and you head through Rogers Pass, drive a section of Highway 93, cruise alongside Long Beach near Tofino, or travel Highway 97, 133 kilometres north of Dawson

Categories Avalanche Program, BC Travellers, Road Maintenance
washout and recovery

What Happens After a Washout Hits a Highway

October 3, 2018May 1, 2018 2 Comments

Everybody loves spring. I mean, what’s not to like about balmy afternoons and BC in bloom? But as wonderful as spring can be, it also has a wild side (called freshet), as rapidly melting snowpack

Categories Road Maintenance

5 Ways We Tackle Spring Cleaning on BC Highways

December 16, 2020April 6, 2018 23 Comments

What’s on your spring cleaning checklist? Well, we also have a list of to-do’s. Here are a few things we look after annually, to make sure BC highways are ready to roll into spring and summer:

Categories BC Travellers, Road Maintenance
Potholes

The Problem of Perennial Pothole Patching on BC Highways

January 22, 2020March 21, 2018 11 Comments

It’s that time of year again. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the potholes are starting to show. What is it about this season that makes potholes so common, and how do

Categories Road Maintenance

9 Fabulous Bridge Photos from TranBC Flickr

March 13, 2019March 19, 2018 2 Comments

Every picture tells a story, and at the foundation of every bridge there is a saga. Our Flickr collection of photos and videos tells many stories – there are albums about bridge and highway projects,

Categories BC Projects, Road Maintenance

New Tool Shines a Light on Line Paint Brightness

October 1, 2018September 27, 2017 23 Comments

Able to record 400 measurements per second into an internal computer and function wirelessly, a state of the art retroreflectometer is our newest tool for testing line paint performance.

Categories BC Travellers, Road Maintenance, Trucking

Boots on the Ground: A Day in the Life of a Road Area Manager

August 16, 2019July 26, 2017 12 Comments

They’re out there… Day and night, on highways (and certain side roads) across the province. Who are they and what are they doing? They’re our Road Area Managers and they pretty much do it all.

Categories Career Stories, Road Maintenance
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