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Backgrounders

2016 Peace Flood Recovery Program

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has invested over $98 million on the extensive response and recovery work completed since June 2016, when flooding caused significant damage to roads and bridges throughout the Peace region.

Major flood recovery program projects underway:

Fur Thief Creek Bridge (west of Chetwynd)
Project: Replacement of the existing culvert with a two-lane, 26-metre-long bridge crossing Fur Thief Creek
Budget: $6 million
Status: Estimated completion fall 2020

Rolla Road Bridge (east of Dawson Creek)
Project: Replacement of the existing bridge with a two-lane, 50-metre-long bridge crossing Dawson Creek
Budget: $20 million
Status: Estimated completion summer 2020

8th Street Bridge (Dawson Creek)
Project: Replacement of three existing culverts with a five-lane, 45-metre-long bridge crossing Dawson Creek
Budget: $28 million
Status: Estimated completion 2023

Completed major transportation infrastructure projects:

Bowlder Creek Bridge (west of Chetwynd)
Project: Replacement of the existing culvert with a two-lane, 30.5-metre-long bridge crossing Bowlder Creek
Total project cost: $7.1 million
Completed 2019

Commotion Creek Bridge (west of Chetwynd)
Project: Replacement of existing culvert with a two-lane, 38-metre-long bridge crossing Commotion Creek
Total project cost: $7.3 million
Completed 2019

Parnell Bridge (north-northeast Dawson Creek)
Project: Replacement of two existing culverts with a two-lane, 40-metre-long bridge crossing Saskatoon Creek.
Total project cost: $4 million
Completed 2019

Stone Creek Bridge (southwest of Chetwynd)
Project: Replacement of the existing culvert with a two-lane, 19-metre-long bridge crossing Stone Creek
Total project cost: $4.6 million
Completed 2019

Tippy Corner Creek Bridge (west of Chetwynd)
Project: Replacement of the existing culvert with a two-lane, 17.5-metre-long bridge crossing Tippy Creek
Total project cost: $3.8 million
Completed 2019

Willow Flats Bridge (southwest of Chetwynd)
Project: Replacement of the existing culvert with a two-lane, 13.5-metre-long bridge crossing Willow Flats Creek
Total project cost: $4 million
Completed 2019

Walper Bridge (south of Pouce Coupe)
Project: Replacement of existing culverts with a new single-lane, 25-metre-long bridge crossing Tupper Creek
Total project cost: $4.2 million
Completed 2018

Zonnebeke Creek (south of Chetwynd)
Project: Replacement of the previous three-metre culvert with a 6.4-metre culvert crossing Zonnebeke Creek
Total project cost: $12 million
Completed 2018