A dedicated left-turn lane on Highway 1 at Gardi Road near Kamloops has opened to traffic, improving safety for local residents, tourists and commercial drivers.

“Left-turn lanes have been proven to reduce collisions by eliminating the conflict between turning and through traffic,” said Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. “This is one of a number of improvements outlined in B.C. on the Move, my ministry’s 10-year Transportation Plan, to improve highway safety.”

The new westbound left-turn lane provides a safer exit from Highway 1 for residents of the Cherry Creek area approximately 20 kilometres west of Kamloops. The project also included the realignment of about 100 metres of Cherry Creek Station Road to ensure a properly-aligned, safer and more-efficient intersection.

These safety improvements represent a local investment of approximately $2.2 million as part of the Province’s larger B.C. on the Move program and its commitment to invest $30 million in intersection improvements over the next three years.

B.C. on the Move is government’s new 10-year plan for the improvement of the province’s transportation network. It provides a comprehensive road map for transportation investments and strategic policy actions over the next decade. The actions prioritized in B.C. on the Move will grow the economy, maintain and replace aging infrastructure and support trade for B.C.’s expanding resource sectors through Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway.

Over the next three years, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will invest almost $2.5 billion to improve British Columbia’s transportation network.

B.C. on the Move was developed incorporating feedback received from a wide-ranging public engagement, during which over 12,500 survey responses were received from British Columbians throughout the province, and the B.C. on the Move website was visited over 44,000 times.

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For a photograph of the project go to: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/albums/72157659537901993