SEA-TO-SKY HIGHWAY BY THE NUMBERS

The facts on Sea-to-Sky Highway are:

· 6,000 The number of new jobs created throughout the province as a result of

economic activity generated along the Sea-to-Sky corridor.

· $300 million Amount the improved highway will increase provincial GDP by up to 2025.

· 1983 The ministry conducted a conceptual study of the Vancouver-Squamish

corridor 26 years ago, which included the existing highway route and three

alternative routes that were identified.

· 75 per cent The Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement project is more than 75 per cent

complete (to end of 2008) and remains on time and on budget.

· 2003 The year construction began.

· 2009 By the end of this year, the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project

will be completed and will provide:

o Four lanes from Horseshoe Bay to Lions Bay

o Two-, three- and four-lane sections from north of Lions Bay to Murrin Park

o Four lanes from north of Murrin Park through Squamish

o Three lanes from Squamish to Whistler

· $600 million Overall cost of the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project.

· $400 million The approximate amount of the project being undertaken by S2S

Transportation Group, through a 25-year performance-based contract, to

design, build, finance and operate the improvements to the highway.

· $52 million The investment in equipment made by the major contractor, Peter Kiewit

Sons, for the project.

· 13,800 Average number of vehicles per day travelling between Horseshoe Bay

and Squamish along the Sea-to-Sky Highway.

· 22,000 Forecasted average number of vehicles per day traveling between

Horseshoe Bay and Squamish by 2025 (62 per cent increase).

· 8,261 Average number of vehicles per day travelling between Squamish and

Whistler along the Sea-to-Sky Highway or Highway 99.

· 12,000 Forecasted average number of vehicles per day traveling between

Squamish and Whistler by 2025 (56 per cent increase).

· 25 The number of years it should take for the population to almost double

along the Sea-to-Sky Highway corridor.

· 17 The resort Municipality of Whistler accounts for 17 per cent of the province's

tourism.

· 3,317,000 The number of cubic metres (including 2,121,000 cubic metres of rock)

of excavated material along the corridor to the end of 2008.

· 260,000 The number of tonnes of asphalt paving along the corridor (to end of

2008).

· 47,000 The number of cubic metres of concrete used along the corridor (to end of

2008).

· 7 The number of awards the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement project

has received, including a 2005 Gold Award for innovation from the Canadian Council of Public-Private Partnerships and “Best Global Project to Reach Financial Completion” 2006 Public-Private Finance Awards in London, England.

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Media contact:	Jeff Knight Public Affairs Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure 250 356-7707

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