The provincial government says contractors have started work on upgrades to 485 kilometres of highways and sideroads in the Southern Interior.
"Maintaining high-quality roads is critical to maintaining connections for people, especially people living in more remote areas," said Rob Fleming, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.
"The improvements we're making across the region are going to make travel safer for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians."
Major resurfacing projects taking place in the region this year include:
- Highway 97C Aspen Grove to Brake Check (16 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 97C Silver Creek to Pennask Brake Check (23 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 3 Nighthawk Road to Osoyoos and Highway 97 U.S. border to Junction Highway 3 and area side roads (56 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 5 Birch Island to Mad River (26 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 1 Spences Bridge to Venables Valley Road and area side roads (32 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 1 Spences Bridge to Venables Valley Road and area side roads (32 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 95 Canal Flats to Windermere (42 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 1 Valleyview to Kokanee Way, Highway 5 Inks Lake Hill Southbound and Shuswap Road (40 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 97 Plett Road to Ewing Road (20 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 3A Kootenay Lake Bridge to Balfour and area side roads (51 kilometres) — Conventional resurfacing
- Highway 97A Swan Lake to Armstrong (14 kilometres) — Hot-in-place recycled asphalt resurfacing
- Highway 5 Merritt to Helmer (28 kilometres) — Hot-in-place recycling asphalt resurfacing
- Wardner Area and St. Mary's Lake Road (28 kilometres) — Graded aggregate sealcoat resurfacing
- Highway 6 West Kettle Forest Service Road to Brake Check (nine kilometres) — Graded aggregate sealcoat resurfacing
A number of paving projects in the Cariboo, including 38 kilometres of Canim-Hendrix Lake Road, 2.8 kilometres of Canim Lake South Road, 8.5 kilometres of Horse Lake Road and other side roads south of 100 Mile House will also be completed.
