By James Peters

Load restriction upped for unstable section of Highway 99 near Lillooet

Mar 7, 2019 | 1:20 PM

LILLOOET, B.C. — The provincial transportation ministry is upping the load restriction on a crucial but unstable section of highway near Lillooet.

The load restriction is now 27,000 kilograms gross vehicle weight (GVW) on the Ten Mile Slide area of Highway 99, northeast of the community.

The restriction was previously 50 per cent legal axle weight.

In December of 2016, the previous B.C. Liberal government announced a $60 million improvement project for the Ten Mile Slide area.

The project involved the installation of approximately 400 soil anchors above the highway, along with about 130 tie back piles.

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In a news release Thursday, the ministry said the area has been susceptible to slide activity for decades.

It says an agreement recently signed with the nearby Xaxli’p people allows for construction of further stabilization measures within the boundaries of the reserve.

That work is slated to start this summer and wrap up by the fall of 2020.