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Why “Protected T” Intersections are Safer Than “T” Intersections

April 16, 2021January 15, 2014 5 Comments

  If you’ve ever driven along Highway 97A towards Vernon, you might be familiar with the Eagle Rock Road intersection. Traffic has changed here over the years. For one thing, there’s a lot more of

Categories BC Projects
highway signs

Four Ways to Make Sense of our Highway Numbers

October 14, 2021January 8, 2014 8 Comments

Ever wonder what’s up with highway numbers? You’ve got Highway 1 in the south, Highway 2 in the north, Highway 3 even farther south than Highway 1, and then Highway 4 connecting rural communities on

Categories Tips and How Tos
plow for winter safety

Adding “Pow” to the Plow for Winter Safety

May 26, 2022December 19, 2013 Leave a comment

Elementary school children recently painted bright designs on three snowplows and a grader for some educational fun, in Golden. Road maintenance contractor HMC Services Inc. arranged for three fully equipped tandem axle plow trucks and

Categories Shift into Winter
highway maintenance

Winter Driving in the East Kootenays

September 27, 2021December 16, 2013 Leave a comment

  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,

Categories Road Maintenance, Shift into Winter

How Yule Get Your Christmas Tree Home Safely in 10 Easy Steps

May 1, 2019December 13, 2013 Leave a comment

*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

Categories Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos

Winter Driving on the Wet Coast of BC: Tips for Travelling in Rain and Fog

October 23, 2023November 27, 2013 4 Comments

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

Categories Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos

Why Would a Highwaycam Go Down during a Traffic Incident?

November 23, 2022November 15, 2013 5 Comments

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

Categories BC Travellers, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Saluting a Century of Usk’s Skeena River Ferrymen

May 26, 2022November 7, 2013 13 Comments

The Usk ferry celebrated a century of service in 2013, and while the watercraft was recognized, long-time area residents say it’s the ferryman they will never forget. Usk (pronounced like “tusk” – without the “t”)

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