Highway 97 Improvements In Quesnel Area

Jul 5, 2018 | 2:11 PM

QUESNEL – Residents and visitors in the Quesnel area will soon see highway improvements from the Highway 97/Barkerville Highway intersection to Basalt Road, following the finalized Quesnel Transportation Study. 

Improvements include the reconfiguring of lanes on Highway 97 at Front Street and upgrading the lighting to LED at the intersections of Carson, Shepherd, McNaughton and St. Laurent Avenues. This portion of work will begin in the following weeks and completion will be this fall. 

After that, design work will follow with safety improvements including a new traffic light in the Racing Road/Hydraulic Road area of the highway. 

Finally, engineering work will take place on the purposed North-South Interconnector route.