More than 320 kilometres of roads will be resurfaced in Northern BC this summer, according to the provincial government.
In the Prince George area, roughly 20 kilometres of highway and side roads will be repaved, including six kilometres of Highway 97 from the Simon Fraser Bridge to Sintich Road.
In addition, 14 kilometres of side roads, including Old Cariboo Highway, Sintich Road and Johnson Road will be repaved as well.
The $11.5 million project is expected to be completed by the fall.
Near Valemount, 24 kilometres of Highway 5 are being resurfaced from Tete Jaune Cache to the Cedarside Bridge overhead, as well as six kilometres of side roads.
This project is expected to be completed in the fall as well.
Other major resurfacing projects in the North this year includes:
- Highway 29 Cache Creek to Hudson’s Hope and Canyon Drive (35 kilometres) – hot-in-place recycling asphalt resurfacing
- Highway 16 Fort Fraser to Engen (25 kilometres) – conventional asphalt resurfacing
- Highway 37A Bitter Creek Bridge to Surprise Creek and Highway 37 Meziadin Area (35 kilometres) – hot-in-place recycling asphalt resurfacing
- Highway 37 Serpentine Creek to Dease River Bridge (51 kilometres) – graded aggregate sealcoat resurfacing
- Highway 77 Junction Highway 97 to Tsinhia (82 kilometres) – graded aggregate sealcoat resurfacing
- Smithers side roads (42 kilometres) – graded aggregate sealcoat resurfacing
In total, the province is investing $56 million into resurfacing Northern highways and local roads.
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