Golden road improvements/closures.....

[kimrick]

Installing panels on top of recently-placed girders on Sheep Bridge.
Picture from 10 November 2021.

 

[kimrick]

Installing piles at the west abutment of the Blackwall Bridge.
08 November 2021. A beutiful day!

 

[skegpro]

Show her this pic tejay.

One of my favorites.

I remember looking up through the sunroof and seeing a guy in a skid steer carrying girders to be installed out across the freshly installed girders, no guard rails.
Was amazed his balls fit in that cab.

 

[TnA]

What will happen with the original road? Will it be deactivated or left accessible for emergencies?

 

[kimrick]

What will happen with the original road? Will it be deactivated or left accessible for emergencies?

I am not exactly sure.
I imagine some of the road will be incorporated into the below highlights

Highlights:

• Section length: 4.8 kilometres
• Design criteria: four lanes;100 km/h design speed
• Alignment improvements; rock fall / avalanche hazard reduction
• Bridges, retaining walls, rock catchment ditches
• Wildlife protection including passage and fencing

 

[Dawizman]

Has anyone seen any statistics as to the reduction in travel time with all of the improvements from Kamloops to the border? It would be interesting to know what the overall improvement would be with the massive investment.

 

[kimrick]

Video of sheep going thru the gate the wrong way,
The gates are supposed to allow them to get off the roadway, not onto it.....
Smart animals. LOL.

Sorry about the useless text around the picture.
This ole guy does not know how to get rid of that. Not a big deal...

** Fixed it for you. RON.

 

[pano-dude]

Has anyone seen any statistics as to the reduction in travel time with all of the improvements from Kamloops to the border? It would be interesting to know what the overall improvement would be with the massive investment.

Travel time is only one part of the project. Road safety is the bigger part of it imo.

 

[Dawizman]

Travel time is only one part of the project. Road safety is the bigger part of it imo.

Definitely. I imagine the safety aspect is far more difficult to calculate in to meaningful data though. At least in advance. It will be interesting to see the reduction in accidents on a year over year basis after the completion of construction.

 

[kimrick]

Another picture of the sheep on the wrong side of the fence..
I guess thats why the new passages are gonna be built.
There was quit the study performed on them.

 

[kimrick]

Here is a link to the sheep study.
Interesting read.
Goes to show the deep involement before these project actually are conducted.

Narrow canyon; little herd; big issues

As you drive west on the Trans-Canda Highway, passing from Alberta's rolling fields and into the Rockies, the Trans-Canada Highway squeezes itself into a narrow passageway known as the Kicking Horse Canyon. Here, the wide highway compresses into a thin concrete line that cuts into canyon walls; stee

wildsight.ca

 

[kimrick]

Has anyone seen any statistics as to the reduction in travel time with all of the improvements from Kamloops to the border? It would be interesting to know what the overall improvement would be with the massive investment.

• Major improvements to this corridor mean opening up our gateways to all of Canada and to our international trading partners with a safer, less congested corridor to facilitate more efficient movement of goods, services, and people.
• The improved corridor will provide better access to area recreation opportunities, resulting in significant economic value and jobs to the region.
• The Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) allows government to ensure that local people and communities get long-lasting benefits from public investments in major infrastructure projects.
• Key benefits of the CBA include: increased apprenticeships, training opportunities, more opportunities for Indigenous communities and under-represented groups, emphasis on opportunities for local people and businesses, with wages negotiated to align with industry.

 

[Cdnfireman]

Congratulations to BC for finally constructing a road that should have been done 50 years ago. Hopefully it’s a signal the the rest of the third world road system in that province will start to get upgraded.

 

[Stompin Tom]

Congratulations to BC for finally constructing a road that should have been done 50 years ago. Hopefully it’s a signal the the rest of the third world road system in that province will start to get upgraded.

or you could learn to drive?

 

[Legend14]

The thread was going so good….

 

[Dawizman]

The thread was going so good….

When, in the history of S&M, has a thread stayed on track?

 

[pano-dude]

Congratulations to BC for finally constructing a road that should have been done 50 years ago. Hopefully it’s a signal the the rest of the third world road system in that province will start to get upgraded.

Trans Canada is federal jurisdiction. Feel free to stay home.
Speaking of piss poor roads the Anthony henday is a great piece of engineering. Traffic lights at both ends of a freeway....
Whitemud is also the only free way I've seen with a merge lane into the passing lane....

 

[Legend14]

I’ve sustained injuries to by balls head and left elbow driving the hendey

 

[Cdnfireman]

or you could learn to drive?

Or drive like everyone that lives in BC…..75km/hr everywhere except the left hand passing lane then you speed up to 140 until the passing lane ends….BC is a great place, just be nice to see all the taxes that everyone pays out there go to some infrastructure outside of Vancouver and the island.

 

[FernieHawk]

When, in the history of S&M, has a thread stayed on track?

The candy bar thread is still on track…