An Emergency Kit Show and Tell to Help Shift Into Winter
We’ve been focusing a lot lately on preparing for winter driving, and an important part of that is making sure you and your car are equipped in case of an emergency. There are many lists
Emergency Info
Timely and behind the scenes information around incident response and events impacting travel.
Hey, You Got a Problem? 9 Ways to Let Us (and Others) Know
A concern, a problem, a beef, an issue… There are lots of words to express that something is unsatisfactory or unsettling to you. And at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, there are several ways
Emergency “What If” Scenario: Are Highways Prepared for Earthquakes?
British Columbia is located within the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is an area around the Pacific Ocean that experiences a high number of earthquakes. As much as we’d like to, the Ministry of Transportation
Flood Management: Our Role in Keeping Floodwaters at Bay
Spring Flowers, or is it Showers? Well, depending on where you live, spring showers don’t bring flowers, they bring freshet (rapid snowpack melt and overwhelmed stream channels) and sometimes flooding. Since rising water can
Drive Flood Smart: Find Higher Ground or Turn Around
If you’re Flood Smart you also drive smart – or you don’t drive at all. During a flooding situation, road closures can take place across B.C. and driving your vehicle can become increasingly hazardous. DriveBC’s
Avalanche Control: Timing “Train Travel” on Bear Pass
Q. What train can travel 70 possible routes over a glacier, from 2,500 metre-high mountain tops down to near sea level, in about 20 seconds? A. An “avalanche train” in Bear Pass. An avalanche train
What’s it Like? An Interview with a BC Avalanche Tech
We’ve had a lot of interest in our avalanche program lately, so we thought we’d give you an inside look at what goes on there. Meet Avalanche Tech Robb Andersen. Robb’s been working in avalanche
Our Avalanche Crews Know Snow Flow
How We Trigger Avalanches to Make Our Roads Safer for Travellers The snow falls thick and fast, and the mountain slopes become more and more unstable. Is it enough to set off an avalanche? Luckily,