A large part of our job here at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is to make sure that BC’s highway system is safe and reliable for everyone who travels on it – from car poolers to ...

Ice is not nice under vehicle wheels, so our maintenance contractors use brine for anti-icing and de-icing, to help keep highways safe in winter. Brine is crystal salt (sodium chloride) blended with ...

Red means stop, yellow means prepare for a red (stop if safe), and green means go. But what does flashing green mean? Someone recently asked us if we could clarify this for them and here’s the answer.

No, we aren’t making jackets for cold little seals, although that is a nice thought – isn’t it? Sealcoating is actually a common type of road resurfacing done on BC highways. It involves the ...

A hot climate isn’t usual for British Columbia (or Canada, either) but in recent years, we’ve seen higher temperatures and drier conditions. Here are some helpful ways to be cool and safe while ...

Coquihalla, Rogers Pass, Bear Pass, Pine Pass…are you ready? If you live on the Coast, you may not travel BC’s mountains very often. We’ve noticed a number of folks living in those areas aren’t always ...

Mad Men much? This lovely lady is ready for lunch hour in a blue dress suit and hair to die for. Hey Vancouver! Get ready for a ride down memory lane because our BC Road Trip Time Machine is heading ...

Keep your eyes out for black ice. Picture this. You’re driving your car on a northern highway in British Columbia. It’s just before 8 am on a frosty February morning. While the road appears bare, you ...

It was the largest known landslide in Canadian history. The Hope Slide forever changed the landscape of the Nicolum Valley in the Cascade Mountain Range, tragically taking the lives of four motorists ...

There’s been a lot of tire talk lately, which is great. Winter is coming, and you obviously want to be prepared. We want you to be prepared, too. So, we thought we’d go over the four types of tires ...

A snapshot of the Provincial Sign Shop, located in Langford, circa 1965. Signage on BC highways is an essential tool to help us communicate information to motorists about the road ahead. Whether a ...

She’s 85 metres long, but with her trailing gear that provides the conveyer belt system, she expands to two kilometres. Her head is 10 metres wide and she weighs 109 tonnes. She came to us in bits and ...