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Going Green

Updates and behind the scenes information around our environmental initiatives, projects and programs, including wildlife mitigation, biking, Adopt-a-Highway and more.

New Platform Offers Nesting Opportunity for Ospreys

September 6, 2018January 18, 2017 2 Comments

What the heck do ospreys and the BC Ministry of Transportation have in common? Would you believe the W.R. Bennett Bridge? You see, we aren’t just responsible for highways and the travellers who use them;

Categories BC Travellers, Going Green, Wildlife

Evergreen Line Extension – Moments Along the Journey

April 4, 2017December 2, 2016 Leave a comment

We made history achieving the longest fully automated rapid transit system in the world. We also moved it. We reached high, dug deep below, and enhanced wildlife areas along the way. Here is a collection of

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Projects, Community News, Going Green, Transit

How BikeBC Supports Cycling Infrastructure

September 4, 2018November 28, 2016 2 Comments

We know you love to ride your bicycle and our BikeBC program helps municipalities fund their cycling initiatives, getting you on your bike. How does funding work? Creating and maintaining cycling infrastructure within towns and

Categories Bike BC, Going Green

Behind the Scenes: BC Wildlife, Trucks Saved from Collision

February 15, 2019July 27, 2016 17 Comments

Now that the two Wildlife Detection Systems on Highway 3 have been operating for about three months (as of July 2016), we thought you’d be interested is seeing some of the thermal camera footage we’ve

Categories BC Travellers, Wildlife

How Adopt a Highway Volunteers Are Armed for Weeds War

August 13, 2018May 26, 2016 2 Comments

We’re battling invasive plants along BC highways, and we’re enlisting Adopt a Highway volunteers to keep these unwelcome intruders from capturing more territory. Adopt a Highway volunteers are our allies in the attack; because they’re

Categories Adopt a Highway, Road Maintenance
Project Work

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

December 5, 2019April 27, 2016 Leave a comment

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, Going Green, Wildlife

How You (and your EV) Can Get Moving in BC

April 11, 2018April 5, 2016 77 Comments

Plug in. Charge up. Go! Owners of electric vehicles (EVs) can get a boost to their travel times thanks to recent legislation allowing them to use High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV) lanes in BC (regardless of

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New Way to Protect Wildlife on Highway 3

March 7, 2018February 10, 2016 21 Comments

UPDATE March 7, 2017 When we pilot a new project like this, we do so with the intent to test, learn and with understanding that there may be some bumps along the way. Those “bumps”

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