Photo Courtesy: Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

By Veronica Beltran

road design

Cariboo residents encouraged to view new West Fraser Rd. design

Sep 2, 2020 | 10:36 AM

QUESNEL—After a season of high-water across north and central B.C. in 2018, the Province is getting to work on roads that were eroded.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure wants Cariboo residents to head online and take a look at the selected option to rebuild and realign West Fraser Road, south of Quesnel.

“In April 2018, high water levels from the spring freshet caused Narcosli Creek to erode five sections of West Fraser Road on the west side of the Fraser River, approximately 17 kilometres south of Quesnel.”—Release by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

The damage to the area was severe enough to close a 3 km section of the road. A detour route has been in place since, via Garner and Webster Lake roads.

The detailed design has been finalized by the ministry, which will bypass the active slide areas along the section washed out in 2018. Work will include the construction of 5.6 kilometres of two-lane road on a new alignment on the east side of Narcosli Creek, including a new bridge crossing the creek.

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