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BC Infrastructure

Learn more about our role in building and maintaining infrastructure across BC.

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).

Categories BC Aviation Facilities, BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers, Funding Programs

Meet BC SIMS – Our Seismic Infrastructure Monitoring System

November 4, 2021 8 Comments

Hello. My name is British Columbia Smart Infrastructure Monitoring System. My developers call me BC SIMS. My job is to constantly monitor seismic activity across Canada (as well as Washington, Oregon and Alaska) and report

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers, Emergency Events

How We Use Traffic Count Data and What That Means for You

January 4, 2022September 24, 2021 2 Comments

Data. It’s a popular thing these days – everybody wants it – and our traffic count data is no exception. In our busy province, we study traffic data to help us identify where traffic is

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Our Structural Engineering Team Helps Keep BC Moving

July 11, 2022August 31, 2021 2 Comments

Bridges. Tunnels. Overpasses. Many of us count on them daily to cross over (and under) rivers and other tricky spots without even really thinking about the details that go into designing and maintaining these structures.

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers, TELP/EIT/GIT Program
Types of Transportation Engineers

Why Transportation Needs 6 Types of Engineers

March 31, 2023March 17, 2020 Leave a comment

“Engineering” is a single word for many different forms of knowledge. “Transportation engineering” narrows it down a bit, but specializations branch out further still. There are approximately 210 staff members in our Engineering Services Branch,

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers

How the Lions Gate Bridge Counterflow Works

February 11, 2022August 29, 2019 154 Comments

Ever wonder how we manage the Lions Gate Bridge lane control system? Let us explain. Watch our animated explainer video on YouTube:  Who operates the counterflow? Miller Capilano Highway Services, our local maintenance contractor,

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers

Celebrated Highway Sign Spreads to Fight Fender Bender Congestion

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 6 Comments

A rare, but celebrated, highway sign is popping up around highways in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. The “FENDER BENDER” sign, originally introduced on Highway 91’s Alex Fraser Bridge in 2016, is being installed

Categories BC Infrastructure

Development Services Deciphered – What It Is and Why it Matters to You

April 7, 2022April 25, 2019 12 Comments

British Columbia is booming and, as our population grows, and communities build and expand, the relationship between our highways and adjacent land use changes. Our Development Services team guides road network development through rural subdivision

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