A detour will be in effect for motorists destined for Barnston Island and Surrey Bend Park from 3 p.m. on Friday, June 7, until 5:30 a.m. on Monday, June 10, 2019.

The ministry is notifying drivers that weekend work will begin in the northbound and southbound slow lanes on Highway 11 between Harris Road and the Mission Bridge on June 7, 2019.

Motorists are advised that a 4.5-kilometre section of the Port Mellon Highway will be repaired and resurfaced with wider lanes from early June through to the end of August 2019, weather permitting.

Drivers are advised that two lanes will be closed on the Alex Fraser Bridge during the June 1 and 7 weekends to complete joint repair work on the south approach.

New maintenance contracts have been awarded to ensure better highway conditions for Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast travellers.

A resurfacing project on Highway 7 between Harrison River Bridge and Pumphouse Bridge will take place from Monday, May 27, 2019, until approximately the end of June, weather permitting.

Two new directors have been appointed to the BC Ferry Authority board, increasing the number of government appointees on the board from two to four, and replacing two community-at-large members.