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Disaster Response Routes – DO NOT USE in Case of Emergency

July 27, 2023October 11, 2022 12 Comments

Do you know what this yellow sign means? Many people who see these signs on Vancouver Island and in the Lower Mainland think they indicate public evacuation routes during an emergency situation, but this is

Categories Emergency Events

The ABCs of Winter Highway Classification and Maintenance

March 3, 2023December 18, 2020 173 Comments

Our maintenance contractors work hard every day to keep BC highways safe and traffic moving smoothly. Because British Columbia is a geographically diverse province, our contractors can face any number of unique challenges where highway

Categories Road Maintenance

BC Road Trip Time Machine: See Vancouver as it was in 1966

October 2, 2018November 1, 2017 19 Comments

Hey Vancouver! Get ready for a ride down memory lane because our BC Road Trip Time Machine is heading your way. Our archival photolog footage rolls its way from Horseshoe Bay, through West Vancouver, over

Categories BC Highway History

What You Need to Know About Winter Weather on the “Coq”

November 30, 2022December 22, 2016 12 Comments

[Note: Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Nicola) Ltd. took over the highway maintenance contract for Service Area 14 as of July 1, 2019]. We’ve heard from a few folks recently asking how they can travel the

Categories BC Travellers, Road Maintenance, Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos

Alice All Done Tunnel Boring for BC’s Evergreen Line

November 8, 2018November 27, 2015 Leave a comment

After churning through 2 km of dirt and rocks, “Alice”, the Evergreen Line’s tunnel boring machine, took her last bite out of the tunnel between Port Moody and Coquitlam on November 27, 2015. Now that

Categories BC Projects, Engineering, Trucking

Ride the BC Road Trip Time Machine: Highway 1 and Port Mann Bridge 1966

October 6, 2022March 25, 2015 4 Comments

By now, you may have already experienced what it’s like to go back in time through our BC Road Trip Time Machine series. Using an old 16 mm reel from our Photolog program archives, we

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers

Why Are Workers Doing the Safety Dance on the Sea-to-Sky?

August 31, 2022March 23, 2015 Leave a comment

No, the shoe-soaking shuffle displayed above is not British Columbia’s answer to Gangnam Style. These moves make more sense. The crew is installing articulated matting where Charles Creek flows into Howe Sound as part of

Categories BC Infrastructure, Engineering
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Winter Driving: How Not to Need a Tow Truck

August 18, 2022January 9, 2015 12 Comments

A roadside expert generously shared his knowledge with us recently, to help drivers #ShiftintoWinter, and keep everyone safer on B.C.’s roads. Larry Styba rescues vehicles as part of his job as a tow truck operator,

Categories BC Travellers, Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos
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