Checking on conditions along the three variable speed limit routes just got easier with the launch of 12 new highway webcams.

Provincial road maintenance gets a boost, thanks to innovation and a $36-million budget increase, to ensure motorists around the province will continue to see a high standard of maintenance service on B.C. highways and roads.

The governments of Canada and British Columbia announced a funding commitment to improve safety along five kilometres of Highway 3 west of Princeton. The project involves relocating and straightening the highway to remove sharp curves, and adding a passing lane in each direction.

British Columbia's digital infrastructure continued to expand in 2013, including new cellular coverage along highways and upgraded fibre optic connections to schools.

Extreme avalanche conditions in the Coquihalla Pass prompted an avalanche control mission today by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure's avalanche technicians.