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Originally Posted by Daguy
I believe the remaining distance to be twinned between Kamloops and Alberta, excluding the parks and currently planned projects, is 240km. That's all I was referring to because the parks are not part of the cost for the province. The article is found here:
http://www.revelstoketimesreview.com...ml?mobile=true
As for a Salmon Arm bypass, that's decades away even if they select it as the preferred option given the extreme cost. I seem to recall the alternative as a single lane bridge with an 80km/hr speed limit connecting west of Canoe.
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Alot of the provincial sections also will be quite expensive in terms of bringing to a 100km/hr+ standard. Three Valley Gap and near Chase, for example, are top of mind.
I was also including the 100 km in the National Parks. While National Parks upgrading will be 100% federal dollars, they are still federal dollars that must be taken from BC's overall federal infrastructure allocation, which takes away from other areas.
That's what also happened with the Banff twinning in terms of AB's federal infrastructure share.
BTW, after Banff is completed to the AB/BC border, look to the feds to continue westward into Yoho NP. At least to Field as a first phase and down the road eventually connecting to the KHC making a continuous 4-lane divided highway past Golden to Donald.
The Shuswap Lake Crossing between Ford and Canoe will be one of the last projects on the list IMHO and will probably be 4 lanes when undertaken.