Safety improvements are now underway for the Summit Drive/Notre Dame Drive exit ramp in Kamloops, said Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.

Pre-construction work has begun between Barriere and Little Fort in preparation for more new passing lanes along Highway 5 near Darfield.

Yesterday crews conducted the final large scale rock-clearing blast, marking a significant construction milestone on the Trans-Canada Highway four-laning project located approximately 40 kilometres east of Kamloops. 

Kamloops residents should be advised that the Red Bridge on Mt Paul Way in Kamloops will be closed to vehicle traffic on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, for bridge maintenance to reinforce the wooden deck and repair the pothole at the south end of the bridge.

Families in the Kamloops/Thompson school district will benefit from improved transportation services thanks to $666,817 in funding under the new provincial Student Transportation Fund.

Almost two kilometres of median barrier will be installed on the Highway 5 North corridor in Kamloops, which will help prevent traffic crossing over the median and causing serious head-on collisions.

Canadians will be better equipped for the well-paying, middle-class jobs of today and tomorrow as a result of a $30-million investment in a new Industrial Training and Technology Centre at Thompson Rivers University.

A new, innovative system for the commercial trucking industry that will allow commercial carriers, traveling within B.C., to apply and receive a permit online is coming to B.C.