Remote explosive system will keep stretch of Highway 1 safer from avalanches
VANCOUVER — Long delays caused by avalanche control on Highway 1 are a regular annoyance during winter travel through southeastern B.C., but the provincial government says that’s about to change.
Transportation Minister Todd Stone says a new avalanche mitigation system will be operating this winter in Three Valley Gap, near Revelstoke.
The system permits remote firing of explosive charges into slide-prone slopes, allowing avalanche control around-the-clock and in all weather.