A tender has gone out to upgrade the next section of Highway 1, east of Revelstoke.
The Illecillewaet four-laning project will widen two kilometres of the highway, approximately 42 kilometres east of Revelstoke.
Work will include expanding the brake-check area to accommodate up to 15 trucks at once from the current five-truck capacity, and acceleration and deceleration lanes will be added to improve safety for trucks entering or leaving the brake check area.
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The contract for the project will be awarded through an open bidding process in March, with the start of construction expected in the spring.
The $62.9 million cost of the project is being cost-shared, with the federal government contributing up to $15.5 million through the provincial-territorial infrastructure component of its New Building Canada Fund, and the province providing the remaining $47.4 million.
This is the first of several upgrade projects on the Trans-Canada Highway between Kamloops and Alberta to be built using a Community Benefits Agreement.
Community benefits will include job and training opportunities for people in the local area and will increase the participation of apprentices and workers traditionally under-represented in the construction trades, such as Indigenous peoples, women and people with disabilities.
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