The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s 2012 Community Service Initiative, in partnership with the BC Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association, has resulted in the completion of local infrastructure improvements that will benefit families in many communities around the province.
2The ministry has also invested an additional $5 million this year to improve safety for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists on highways in and near B.C. communities. Twenty-one of these projects are in the Southern and Central Interior and all have been completed.
Under B.C.’s Family Agenda, government is working hard to improve the safety of the road network that connects families across every region of British Columbia. To learn about more road safety actions, visit:
www.familiesfirstbc.ca
Ministry/Maintenance Contractor Community Service Projects in the
Southern and Central Interior
- Princeton: Grade approximately 10-15 km of the Trans-Canada Trail System, in co-operation with the Vermillion Trail Society, to make it smoother and safer for trail users. Supported by Argo Road Maintenance (South Okanagan) Inc.
- Princeton: Improve the surface of approximately 4.6 km of a forest- service road, in co-operation with the China Ridge Trail Society. This road is part of the China Ridge Trail system that accommodates hikers, bikers, hunters and skiers. Supported by Argo Road Maintenance (South Okanagan) Inc.
Highway safety improvements in the southern and central Interior
The following safety improvement projects are complete:
- Penticton: Improve the curve warning signage and install electronic speed-warning signs on Highway 97 at Vaseux Lake.