Hwy 97-North Improvements Go To Tender

Sunday, February 21, 2010 04:02 AM

Prince George, B.C. - It's hoped work on re-surfacing a 20-kilometre stretch of Highway 97N, near Bear Lake, will begin in June.

The project is at the contract tender stage and involves a stretch of the route between Tallus Road and Bear Lake. In 2008, the segment was hot-in-place recycled (HIPR). This second, and final phase, involves placing the overlay, with widened, paved shoulders.

Prince George-Mackenzie MLA, Pat Bell, says this section of Highway-97 had not been worked on since 1995. "This work will smooth out and preserve the highway surface, bringing it up to current standards and, thereby, improving the ride quality and access of Highway 97 for industry, tourists and residents."

The project is slated to be complete by August of this year.

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Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2010 04:02 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Harbinger on February 21 2010 11:41 AM

Hope the new contractor doesn't spend too much money on signage. The ones on Peden Hill are still up and in pretty good shape. Repaint those and save the taxpayers a few bucks. I guess thay are still up to remind is rubes that Gordo loves us and doesn't want us to forget.

Posted by: Eagleone on February 21 2010 4:52 PM

What about that Stoner bridge? I wonder when they will widen that. At night you get those wide loads that aren't ever marked on that highway and you can't see it till one is right beside them... that bridge is a nightmare for that kind of situation... a wide load doesn't fit with on coming traffic.

Also the Meadowbank pellet plant (south of Hixon) is a major accident waiting to happen with no turn lane off the highway in the middle of a passing straight stretch... for the amount of heavy truck traffic turning there.

I would rank those as the top two priorities in the PG region... then possibly the Mud River Bridge approach and the Salmon Valley bridge.

Posted by: Stompin Tom on February 22 2010 7:22 AM

Mud River Bridge approach? Wasnt that redone about 4 years ago?

Posted by: Stompin Tom on February 22 2010 7:23 AM

Stoner Bridge will be going to tender this spring, they plan to build a new bridge and reroute the road to change the elevation.

The Stoner railroad underpass is a much bigger problem in my opinion.