Phase 4 of the Kicking Horse Canyon announced
Phase 4 of the Kicking Horse Canyon Highway 1 project was announced today, making it the most expensive highway infrastructure project in British Columbia's history, possibly even the country's.
Todd Stone, minister of transportation and infrastructure for the province, along with Amarjeet Sohi, minister of infrastructure for Canada, made the announcement today in Kamloops.
"This is a very exciting announcement for everyone who lives between Kamloops and the Alberta border," said Stone at the Kamloops press conference. "Together we are building stronger communities and creating thousands of jobs."
The federal government's contribution of $222 million, combined with B.C.'s investment of $247 million will fund two projects near Golden. The first, at a cost of just under $20 million, will four-lane the section from Donald to Forde Station Road, and improve access at the weigh scale.
Phase 4 of the Kicking Horse Canyon, which is a four kilometre section east of Golden, will come in at $450 million. Highway 1 through the Kicking Horse Canyon will be realigned and expanded to four lanes with median barriers and widened shoulders. Improving this section will also require a combination of bridges, retaining walls, rock catchment ditches and other measures to reduce rock fall hazards.