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Vancouver Island

Your Top 10 BC Road Trip Photos

October 29, 2018August 27, 2014 4 Comments

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson At the start of summer, we asked you to share your road trip photos by using the hashtag #BCRoadTrip. You did not disappoint. In

Categories BC Road Trips, BC Travellers

Little Hands a Big Help in Habitat Restoration at Oliver Creek

May 27, 2022May 21, 2014 2 Comments

Students of Palsson Elementary School in Lake Cowichan, BC, got together to plant native trees at Oliver Creek as part of a two-phase restoration project led by our Environmental Management group. The first phase included

Categories Environment, Wildlife
Lochside trail

Lochside Trail: Why You Should Hop on a Bike Right Now

October 7, 2021July 30, 2013 4 Comments

Go ahead… hop on a bike (or just put your walking shoes on). South Vancouver Island’s Lochside Trail has been made smoother with 1.7 kilometres of paved pathway between Island View Road and Mount Newton

Categories Active Transportation, BC Infrastructure, BC Projects
island to the mainland

From the Island to the Mainland – A Straight-Up Story About Bridging

December 30, 2021October 30, 2012 61 Comments

  It’s been raised many times in the past, and it’ll likely continue to be a hot topic as long as Vancouver Island remains separated from the mainland (which will probably be a very long

Categories Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Understanding Highway Maintenance on Vancouver Island

November 16, 2020May 15, 2012 23 Comments

From Port Hardy on the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the extreme west coast conditions of Ucluelet and Tofino, you will find ocean, rain, rushing rivers, sunshine, dense rainforest, snow – even glaciers! The

Categories Road Maintenance
Drainage and construction to combat Sooke flooding

Rising Above the High Water Mark on Highway 14

December 3, 2020February 27, 2012 Leave a comment

It should come as no surprise that life on the west coast of Vancouver Island can get pretty wet sometimes. Take Highway 14 near Sooke, for example. This community knows water. Subject to a unique

Categories BC Projects
Oceanside Route on Highway 19A near Qualicum

Little Qualicum Bridge: A River Runs Through It

November 4, 2020December 6, 2011 Leave a comment

The Little Qualicum River has been hard at work recently, scouring away the river bank near the bridge of the same name. This means that we have also been hard at work to stop the

Categories BC Projects, Environment
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