Transportation and Transit
As part of the Highway 1 Kamloops to Alberta four-laning program, the results of a public consultation on the Highway 1 RW Bruhn Bridge Replacement Project are now available online at: www.gov.bc.ca/bchwy1-projects
The consultation conducted by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure gathered feedback from Nov. 15, 2016 – Jan. 15, 2017, as part of the planning underway to increase safety, improve access to local roads, and replace the RW Bruhn Bridge in Sicamous.
Along with technical, environmental and financial information, the ministry will consider all of this public feedback, as well as input from the municipality and First Nations, as the ministry moves forward to select an option, obtain funding and proceed to detailed design.
Consultation will be ongoing throughout the project, and comments or concerns may be sent at any time by emailing: rwbruhnbridge@gov.bc.ca
Quick Facts:
- The Highway 1 RW Bruhn Bridge Replacement Project is part of the Highway 1 Kamloops to Alberta Four-Laning Program.
- The RW Bruhn Bridge is 2-lanes, over 50 years old, and nearing the end of its service life.
- As a result of planning work and stakeholder consultation, the ministry developed the following three options:
- Option 1 – a new six-lane bridge on Highway 1;
- Option 2 – a new five-lane bridge on Highway 1; and
- Option 3 – a new four-lane bridge on Highway 1 with an additional Main Street Bridge.
- These options were presented at a public open house in Sicamous on Nov. 15, 2016, attended by 266 people, and posted online for public feedback.
- According to the response, Option 2 had the highest level of agreement (65 %), followed by Option 1 (35%) and Option 3 (32%).
- 314 feedback forms and 24 written submissions were received during the two-month consultation period.
- Since 2001, the provincial and federal governments have invested or committed more than $980 million on the Trans-Canada Highway between Kamloops and the Alberta border to improve reliability and to upgrade the highway to a modern, 100-kilometre-per-hour, four-lane standard.
