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SQUAMISH – The province has opened the Sea-to-Sky Project Office to help residents and tourists learn more about the planned improvements to the highway, Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon announced today.
“The province is investing $600 million to improve the safety, reliability and capacity of the Sea-to-Sky Highway,” Falcon said. “This office will be a place where people can go to learn more about the project, look at maps and diagrams, provide input and have their questions answered.”
The project office will serve as an operations centre for project personnel and will hold project and community information meetings. A community relations officer will be available to answer questions from the public.
“The accident rate on the Sea-to-Sky Highway is substantially higher than the provincial average, and traffic continues to increase,” said West Vancouver-Garibaldi MLA Ted Nebbeling. “The Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement project will result in a 30 per cent reduction in accident rates and create 6,000 new jobs throughout the province as a result of economic activity generated along the Sea-to-Sky corridor.”
“We are moving this project forward on time and on budget,” said Falcon. “Today we awarded $39 million to four-lane a section of highway from Sunset Beach to Lions Bay and $4 million to upgrade the section between Cheakamus Canyon and Daisy Channel.”
The Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project will include widening, straightening, improved sightlines, passing lanes and other measures to reduce hazards, shorten travel times and enhance the traffic flow of the highway. The project will be completed by fall 2009.
The Sea-to-Sky Project Office is located at Suite 103 – 42000 Loggers Lane in Squamish. It will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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