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Highway 4

Two residential school survivors painting bridge orange

How Repainting Orange Bridge Strengthens Reflection and Healing

January 4, 2023October 19, 2022 3 Comments

Reactions to the orange bridge paint now covering parts of the Riverbend Bridge in Port Alberni prove that an infrastructure improvement doesn’t have to be physically large in scale to have major positive impacts on

Categories BC Highway History

Share and Share Alike – Federal Sections on Provincial Highways

September 8, 2022December 5, 2018 24 Comments

A strange thing happens when you’re travelling BC’s highways and you head through Rogers Pass, drive a section of Highway 93, cruise alongside Long Beach near Tofino, or travel Highway 97, 133 kilometres north of Dawson

Categories Avalanche Program, BC Travellers, Road Maintenance

Imagine what Safer Travel to Tofino, Ucluelet Looks Like

June 29, 2018January 25, 2018 Leave a comment

When a tsunami warning prompted evacuations to community muster stations in Tofino and Ucluelet this week (the event happened in the early morning of Jan 23, 2018), it highlighted how vital Highway 4 is as

Categories BC Projects, BC Travellers

Behind the Scenes: Monster Trucking for Wildlife Safety

November 16, 2022July 15, 2015 1 Comment

Most jobs discourage playing with toys. But when it comes to maintaining the many amphibian crossings on Vancouver Island, only a mini monster truck will do. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure modified a remote

Categories Environment, Wildlife
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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