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By James Peters

Ten Mile Slide

Phase Two of $60M Ten Mile Slide project near Lillooet set to begin

Aug 20, 2019 | 12:17 PM

LILLOOET, B.C. — The provincial government says work on Phase Two of a project working to stabilize a hazardous portion of highway near Lillooet will begin shortly.

For years, the Ten Mile Slide area of Highway 99 has been subject to closures and warnings due to the continually shifting slope.

Transport Minister Claire Trevena says this section of Highway 99 is important to the local First Nations community, as well as for tourism and local businesses.

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In 2016, then-Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced a $60-million project to stabilize the area.

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Phase One was completed this past February, involving the installation of 44 soil anchors.

Meantime, the ministry reached an agreement with the Xaxli’p (Fountain) First Nation in December, 2018 for stabilization work within the band’s boundaries.

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In March of this year, the ministry announced a new 27,000-kilogram gross vehicle weight load restriction around the slide site.

The second phase will include installing another 200 soil anchors, as well as tied-back concrete and composite piles below the highway.

Flatiron Constructors has been awarded the contract for the work, and it is expected to finish up in spring of 2021.

The ministry will then wait an additional two years before paving that stretch of Highway 99, as ministry staff monitor the slide.

Image Credit: BC Ministry of Transportation