Winter Driving in the East Kootenays
If you live in or travel through the East Kootenays, you know what the weather and the roads have been like lately. If you haven’t been through there in the last couple of weeks,
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How Yule Get Your Christmas Tree Home Safely in 10 Easy Steps
*Deep inhale* Ahhh. Can you smell that? The sweet scent of Fir – Douglas, Noble, Balsam…? Like smooching under the mistletoe or baking shortbread cookies, hauling the Christmas tree home is a happy holiday tradition
Winter Driving on the Wet Coast of BC: Tips for Travelling in Rain and Fog
We have talked a lot about driving in winter conditions and for the most part when we say “winter conditions”, we mean snow and ice. But for a large percentage of British Columbians (those who
Why Would a Highwaycam Go Down during a Traffic Incident?
We receive a lot of questions about our BC highwaycams. We’ve talked about some of the more popular ones in You Asked: The Top Five DriveBC WebCam Questions. But lately there’s been another question that’s
What Lurks Beyond – The Untold Story of the McIntyre Passing Lanes
In many ways, the McIntyre Passing Lanes project is much like any of our other projects. We’re widening a section of Highway 97, just north of Oliver, so we can put in passing lanes and
Signpost Ahead: B.C. Highway Speed Limit and Safety Review
We’ve been talking with you recently about how speed limits are set on BC highways. Sounds like some of you are in favour of an increase in limits, while others feel fine with the speed
Touring DriveBC: How to Use the Map
Are you a visual learner? Some of us here at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure sure are. One of the best ways to discover conditions along your B.C. highways route is to use DriveBC’s
What’s Growing Under the Alex Fraser Bridge?
The South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) spans 37 kilometres through Delta and Surrey with a four-lane expressway. Environmental mitigation is an important part of the project, and it comes in many shapes and sizes. It