A new whistleblower service has been launched to provide a way for Lower Mainland container truckers to voice concerns about such things as trucking company compliance with Joint Action Plan remuneration rates, truck licensing or driver harassment.

The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, and Todd Stone, British Columbia's Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, issued a joint statement today noting progress on the Joint Action Plan of March 26, 2014, to achieve stability in the Port Metro Vancouver trucking industry:

Motorists are advised of the planned full closure of Highway 1 at the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, from 1 a.m. until 5 a.m.

The Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia and Port Metro Vancouver announced that they are taking immediate action to address the Port Metro Vancouver work disruption.

Survey work is scheduled to begin this month to assist in identifying safety improvement options to make the Stanley Park Causeway safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

Worley Parsons Canada Ltd. has won the Deputy Minister's Consulting Engineers Award for Excellence in Transit Engineering Services, for its exceptional work on the SeaBus Facility Rehabilitation project.

PBX Engineering Ltd. has won the Deputy Minister's Consulting Engineers Award for Excellence in Specialized Engineering Services, for its exceptional work on Phase 1 of the Regional Fibre Optic Integration project.

Buckland and Taylor Ltd. has won the Deputy Minister's Consulting Engineers Award for Excellence in Design and Contract Preparation - Structures, for its exceptional work on the South Fraser Perimeter Road BNSF Viaduct construction.

H5M, a joint venture between Hatch Mott MacDonald and MMM Group, has won the Deputy Minister's Consulting Engineers Award for Excellence in Design and Contract Preparation - Roads, for its exceptional work on the Port Mann/Highway 1 Cape Horn Interchange project.

The George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project development team is now in place, with the award of contracts to support engineering, technical and community relations work leading up to construction.