The B.C. government is restricting camping and motorized recreation (including the use of off-road vehicles) throughout the entire Koocanusa Recreation Strategy area this spring and summer.

Drivers are advised that a new traffic signal will soon be activated at the intersection of Highway 95A and Theatre Mission Road, improving efficiency and safety for people travelling in Cranbrook.

Rehabilitation will get underway soon on a wall that separates Highway 3 from the Canadian Pacific Railway at the south end of Moyie Lake, enhancing safety for the rail line, motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.

Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook will receive $60,000 in funding from the B.C. Air Access Program this year for apron safety upgrades.

The East Kootenay Regional District will receive $1,000,000 in BikeBC funding this year for The Westside Legacy Trail, Segments 1-4, announced Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett on behalf of Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone.

Glacier Technical Services Ltd. of Cranbrook took the top award for Construction Management and Supervision at the 13th annual Deputy Minister’s Consulting Engineers Awards, for its exceptional work on the rehabilitation of the Porto Rico, Irishman Creek and Luxor Creek Bridges.

A project to improve the safety of the Fort Steele Bridge on Highway 93/95 near Cranbrook is now complete.

A project to replace the Irishman Creek Bridge on Highway 3 east of Yahk is now complete.  

Two new made-in-British Columbia high-tech wildlife detection systems to help motorists avoid wildlife are now operational on Highway 3 near Elko and Sparwood.

The B.C. government is about to pilot two new high-tech wildlife detection systems on Highway 3, to help warn motorists when wildlife is on or near the highway.