Eight BCSARA teams in northern British Columbia will receive $363,000 this year as part of the Province’s $10 million in one-time funding commitments to the BC Search and Rescue Association (BCSARA) to help bolster training, administrative support and equipment renewals.

Safety improvements are well underway for the intersection of Vance/Cowart roads and Highway 16 in Prince George, as well as the intersection of Ferry Avenue and Highway 16. Both intersections are west of Highway 97.

Another hot-in-place asphalt resurfacing project is now complete in the Kamloops area.

Work is almost complete on the project to increase the clearance at two consecutive CN Rail overheads on Highway 5 at Tete Jaune Cache, about 18 kilometres north of Valemount.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has submitted its application to the Provincial Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) for an environmental certificate to construct the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project.

Provincial funding is providing work experience to four North Islanders as they gain new skills removing invasive knotweed in four different communities.

The Government of British Columbia is providing more than $8 million in funding this year to support infrastructure improvements at 23 community and regional airports in B.C.

Improved infrastructure, modernized technology and newer and cleaner buses are topping the list of BC Transit projects for the Cowichan Valley soon to roll out under phase one of the new Public Transit Infrastructure Fund.