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High Friction Surface Treatment Sticks Up for Quick Stops

September 25, 2020August 9, 2019 17 Comments

  Drivers are getting a serious grip at 14 high-collision locations throughout the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island with the application of high friction surface treatment. High friction? Yeah, basically the roads at four interchange

Categories Road Maintenance

Woodenhead a Solid Monument to Highway Safety

July 11, 2022June 7, 2016 17 Comments

A man with a wooden stare is watching over the Trans-Canada Highway at Revelstoke, to see if motorists are driving safely. The man, with his unblinking gaze, was once stationed along the Big Bend Highway

Categories BC Highway History

Our Transportation Partners: Who Does What in BC?

June 10, 2022December 1, 2014 53 Comments

We’ve talked with you before about what the heck it is we do anyways – but lately we have begun to realize that there might be some confusion around what we don’t do; Or rather

Categories BC Travellers, Tips and How Tos

New Port Mann Bridge Open for Business

June 1, 2021November 30, 2012 Leave a comment

We made it. The New Port Mann Bridge – the widest bridge in the world, as well as the second largest and longest cable-supported bridge in North America, is now open. This monumental achievement would

Categories BC Projects

Celebrating over 60 years of the TCH in Glacier National Park

July 26, 2023September 21, 2012 2 Comments

Headline Reads: “Strawberries Roll Through Rogers Pass” A Guest Blog Post Courtesy of Prepared by Parks Canada In 1962, Canadians celebrated the grand opening of the Trans-Canada Highway after the final stretch through Rogers Pass

Categories BC Highway History
Rogers Pass Discovery Centre

Seven Fun Places to Celebrate the Trans-Canada Highway

December 4, 2020September 4, 2012 2 Comments

There’s loads of fascinating attractions and stunning scenery as you travel the Trans-Canada highway in beautiful B.C. To mark the highway’s 50th anniversary, we’re offering a few tips on stops along the route’s southern stretch, from

Categories BC Road Trips
Highway 1 anniversary

Captured on Canvas – The Trans-Canada Highway’s 50th Anniversary

March 4, 2021August 27, 2012 Leave a comment

To commemorate the Trans-Canada’s 50th anniversary, we wanted to do something special. After all, it’s a big milestone for what is one of the most important roads in the country. We set out collecting old

Categories BC Highway History
Intelligent Transportation Systems on BC Highway 4

“Smart” Signs Shine for Safety

July 15, 2020May 3, 2012 Leave a comment

New intelligent transportation systems have recently landed on B.C. highways. While these might sound like extra-terrestrial time-travelling devices, they are actually human-created combinations of advanced and emerging technologies like computers, electronic sensors and communication devices.

Categories Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
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