Cariboo and Nicola highways part of numerous summer projects

May 19, 2022 | 10:51 AM

KAMLOOPS — Numerous kilometres of highways and side roads near Merritt and throughout the Cariboo will see paving projects this summer.

In a news release issued Thursday (May 19) morning, the B.C. government says more than 450 kilometres of roadway in B.C.’s southern Interior will be renewed. The paving includes an $11.3-million project to cover 60 kilometres of Highways 1 and 97B, and side roads in the North Okanagan that will be complete in the fall, and $7.1 million to cover 66 kilometres of Likely Road east of Williams Lake that will be complete in October.

Additionally, in July, approximately 105 kilometres of Highway 20 east of Anahim Lake will be seal-coated. The work is expected to be finished by September 2022.

Resurfacing projects in the Cariboo and Nicola regions include:

Highway 97C Drought Hill to Silver Creek and Highway 97 Greata Ranch to Deep Creek Bridge – 20 kilometres – conventional paving work expected to be complete in October
Highway 97C Hamilton Hill and Highway 5 Coquihalla Rut Mitigation near Merritt – 45 kilometres – conventional paving work expected to be complete in October
Highway 5 Kingsvale to Comstock south of Merritt – 20 kilometres – hot-in-place recycling work expected to be complete in summer
Highway 20 Pyper Lake to Redstone Road – 34 kilometres – conventional paving work expected to be complete in fall
Highway 24 Lone Butte to Bridge Lake – 39 kilometres – sealcoat work expected to be complete by September