Highway 16 to get Upgrades in Spring

Saturday, January 31, 2009 05:00 AM

New Hazelton, B.C.- Two sections of Highway 16 in the northwest will see resurfacing this spring and summer.

In all, 52 kilometres of the highway will be resurfaced at a cost of nearly $5 million. The first project involves a 35 km section west of New Hazelton from Boulder Creek West to Carnaby Road. The second is a 17.5 km section from Tower Street to Wakefield Road, east of Telkwa. The work will involve hot in place recycled asphalt to preserve the pavement.

BulkleyValley-Stikine Liberal MLA Dennis MacKay says the road work should extend the life of the highway sections another 8 to 12 years.

"Highway 16 is a vital route for our communities, providing access for goods and services as well as our residents and
visitors. These sections were showing signs of deterioration so I'm pleased we are addressing this concern and improving safety."

ARC Asphalt Recycling Inc. of Kamloops won the contract with a bid of $4,927,667. Work is scheduled to begin April 15 and will be completed by July 19 of this year.

Drivers can expect delays of up to 20 minutes with single lane alternating traffic.

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Posted by: acrider54 on January 31 2009 6:18 AM

Election coming up

Posted by: MrPG on January 31 2009 11:45 AM

There's always an election coming up, if you think about it.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on January 31 2009 4:20 PM

Old Social Credit election ploy.
Announce road upgrades roads before an election.
Notice they didn't say construction would start AFTER the election?
April 15th,weather permitting of course.
Right about the time the heavy campaining starts.
I am sure that is just a coincedence.
And given the economic situation,I would take any promises made by any political party this year with a large grain of salt.

Posted by: MrPG on January 31 2009 5:09 PM

Say what you will, but the highways are in far better shape than when they were ignored through the 90's.

Posted by: camoose on January 31 2009 9:27 PM

Do you dream in technicolour PG????????????

Posted by: MrPG on February 1 2009 10:40 PM

I heard an interview where Carole James herself acknowledged how poorly the NDP did with the province's highways the last time they were in power.

But nice try.