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Behind the Scenes with Our Highway Operations Managers

April 30, 2021September 16, 2020 6 Comments

Welcome to the work of our operations managers… It takes a cool head in emergencies, problem-solving and planning skills, an ability to communicate with a vast variety of people – and in one case – an eight-hour drive to the job.

Categories Career Stories, Careers, Road Maintenance

How to Drive Around Snow Plows in BC

September 23, 2021February 7, 2020 64 Comments

 Pop quiz! You’re driving a two-lane highway after a fresh dumping of snow. You spot the flashing lights of a snow plow up ahead in the left lane. You… a) Speed up to get

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter
Maintenance Contractor Service Area Map

How BC Highway Maintenance Contracts Have Changed for the Better

March 1, 2023January 29, 2020 94 Comments

Now that the dust has settled (and been swept, of course!) on the BC highway maintenance contract renewal process, let’s review the new specifications and the maintenance contractors that are taking them on. Good news:

Categories BC Travellers, Road Maintenance

Your Most Popular BC Winter Maintenance Questions, Answered

March 1, 2022November 28, 2019 36 Comments

Winter driving and highway maintenance in BC got you worried? Don’t fret – we’re on it. We take our commitment to provide a safe, reliable transportation network very seriously, and the performance of our maintenance

Categories Road Maintenance

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

Why We’re Keeping Commercial Trucks Out of Some Left Lanes on the Coquihalla

December 2, 2020November 13, 2018 128 Comments

We’re restricting commercial vehicles from using the far left lane northbound on the Coquihalla’s Snowshed Hill between Box Canyon and Zopkios with our No Trucks in the Left Lane pilot program. The restriction is in

Categories BC Travellers, Trucking

The Problem of Perennial Pothole Patching on BC Highways

July 25, 2023March 21, 2018 19 Comments

It’s that time of year again. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the potholes are starting to show. What is it about this season that makes potholes so common, and how do

Categories Road Maintenance

BC Highway History Alert! More Snapshots in Time Revealed

November 1, 2021January 9, 2018 47 Comments

Are you a BC Highways history nerd? If so – GET READY! We promised you more amazing historical images after our first historical snapshots blog  and we are delivering on that promise. Don’t consider yourself

Categories BC Highway History
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