News Items tag as: Ministry of Transportation

iN PHOTOS: Temporary stabilization complete at rockslide on Highway 97 near Summerland
November 27, 2024 - 12:00 PM
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Work to temporarily stabilize the slope above Highway 97 along Okanagan Lake near Summerland is complete more than a year after a rockslide crashed onto the route
No blasting closures on Highway 97 near Summerland this long weekend
March 28, 2024 - 10:30 AM
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Drivers can expect a break from the closures along Highway 97 north of Summerland this Easter long weekend.
Drivers can expect twice weekly closures on Highway 97 near Summerland
December 08, 2023 - 2:30 PM

The headaches for commuters and commercial drivers on Highway 97 near Summerland will continue twice a week for the rest of December and into the new year.
Four lanes open on last phase of $600M Kicking Horse Canyon highway widening project
November 30, 2023 - 11:29 AM

The most difficult section of the Trans-Canada Highway widening project through the Kicking Horse Canyon east of Golden has reopened to four lanes of traffic.
Blasting to close Highway 97 near Summerland on Friday
November 22, 2023 - 10:11 AM
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A 90-minute closure is planned on Highway 97 north of Summerland this Friday.
Rock blasting to close Highway 97 near Summerland on Tuesday
November 06, 2023 - 4:40 PM

Rock blasting means Highway 97 north of Summerland will be closed for two hours tomorrow.
Highway 97 closed for two hours Monday
October 28, 2023 - 2:30 PM

Highway 97 north of Summerland will be closed briefly on Oct. 30.
Ever wonder what these huts on the side of the Coquihalla Highway are?
September 30, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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If you drive down the Coquihalla Highway you might notice these structures which look like huts.
Coquihalla Highway to reopen for regular traffic tomorrow
January 18, 2022 - 12:37 PM

The Coquihalla Highway is finally reopening for regular traffic tomorrow.
B.C.'s experimental jet-powered snow plow that failed to take off
February 09, 2021 - 12:00 PM

Maintaining British Columbia’s mountain highways in winter has never been an easy task, and that was as true years ago as it is today.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: Ministry of Transportation

iN PHOTOS: Temporary stabilization complete at rockslide on Highway 97 near Summerland

No blasting closures on Highway 97 near Summerland this long weekend

Drivers can expect twice weekly closures on Highway 97 near Summerland

Four lanes open on last phase of $600M Kicking Horse Canyon highway widening project

Blasting to close Highway 97 near Summerland on Friday

Rock blasting to close Highway 97 near Summerland on Tuesday

Highway 97 closed for two hours Monday

Ever wonder what these huts on the side of the Coquihalla Highway are?

Coquihalla Highway to reopen for regular traffic tomorrow

B.C.'s experimental jet-powered snow plow that failed to take off

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