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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
Malahat SkyWalk construction

How We Create Safe Access to Services and Attractions Like the Malahat SkyWalk

July 11, 2022August 12, 2021 7 Comments

Before new services and attractions (i.e. the Malahat SkyWalk) are established on highways in BC, it’s essential we consider any potential impacts to traveller safety and make appropriate adjustments. First, what are considered services and

Categories BC Travellers, Tips and How Tos

Getting Goldstream River Going in the Right Direction

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 Leave a comment

A large, woody debris jam, formed during a flood in February 2020 along the Goldstream River near Victoria, set the scene for several significant improvements to be made in the area. You see, this important

Categories BC Projects, Environment, Wildlife
high friction surface treatment, hfst, rad safety, resurfacing, stopping distance,

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
Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal 1966

Back in the Day: Time Travel from Victoria to Sidney in 1966

November 17, 2020July 30, 2019 21 Comments

Hey Victoria! Are you ready for your time travel close up? That’s right folks, we’ve pointed our BC Road Trip Time Machine at Highway 17 on Vancouver Island and captured the provincial capital as it

Categories BC Highway History, BC Road Trips, BC Travellers

Celebrated Highway Sign Spreads to Fight Fender Bender Congestion

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 6 Comments

A rare, but celebrated, highway sign is popping up around highways in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. The “FENDER BENDER” sign, originally introduced on Highway 91’s Alex Fraser Bridge in 2016, is being installed

Categories BC Infrastructure
protecting environment in BC

Hydroseeding – What’s Up with the Weird Green Stuff?

June 30, 2022January 15, 2019 35 Comments

Passing through new construction, you may have noticed an odd greenish-grey-coloured coating, alongside the road. What is that weird-looking stuff?  And why is it there? The answer is – hydroseeding – a mix of grass

Categories Environment
wildlife program

Bear Jams: What They Are and How to Avoid Them

September 26, 2018May 24, 2018 Leave a comment

  OK, choose your own adventure time… bear jams edition. Scenario: You and your kids are driving along one of BC’s picturesque highways (imagine the Sea to Sky, or Highway 4 to Vancouver Island’s west

Categories Tips and How Tos, Wildlife
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