The B.C. government is spending $13 million on four road improvement projects for Highway 3.
The B.C. government is spending $13 million on four road improvement projects for Highway 3.
In West Kootenay, Highway 3 will be resurfaced from Kootenay Pass Summit to the east chain-up and from Canyon Lister Road to East Arrow Creek Road, a total of 9.2 kilometres, with concrete roadside barriers replaced along the route to improve safety.
Shoulders will be widened. The project also includes the resurfacing of Canyon Lister Road near Creston and the hard-surfacing of West Creston Road. The project is valued at $3.7 million, and a contract for the work has been awarded to Okanagan Aggregates Ltd. from Armstrong, British Columbia.
There was also a $2.6 million project to rehabilitate the Old Kootenay River Channel Bridge on Highway 3 near Creston. The work will stretch the lifespan of the 300-metre long bridge, which was built in 1958, and the contract was awarded to Seismic 2000 Construction Ltd. from Aldergrove, B.C.
Almost 20 kilometres of Highway 3 will be resurfaced between Hedley and Keremeos at a value of $2.9 million and the contract for that project was awarded to Green Roads Recycling Ltd. of Fernie for resurfacing work.
A $3.7-million contract has also been awarded to Emil Anderson Maintenance Co. Ltd. from Rosedale to resurface portions of Highways 3 and 5 near Hope.
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