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Highway 1 - Kamloops to Alberta - Four Laning

Upgrading the highway to a modern, 100 km/h, four-lane standard, will allow traffic to move more safely and efficiently. Communities will be better connected, and businesses will be better able to move their products throughout the province, through our ports and beyond our borders. 

The Province has committed $728-million to upgrading Highway 1 between Kamloops and the Alberta border over the next three years under Budget 2023.

Map of current Highway 1 Kamloops to Alberta Four Laning Projects

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Chase Four-Laning

Aerial view Hoffman's Bluff to Jade Mountain project areaThis Highway 1 four-laning project through the Village of Chase will improve safety and reliability for people travelling along this important corridor. This project will be delivered through the following two phases, with the Chase West section now complete and Chase East is under construction.

Ford Road to Tappen Valley Road

Photograph of Ford to Tappen project

The Trans Canada Highway 1 Ford Road to Tappen Valley Road Four-Laning project will upgrade approximately 4.3 km of the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) and replace the Tappen Overhead bridge. The western limit of the project begins at Ford Road and extends through to its terminus 400 metres east of Tappen Valley Road.

Salmon Arm West

Salmon Arm West Project {Photo

This portion of the Highway 1 - Kamloops to Alberta program involves four-laning and other improvements along Highway 1 in west Salmon Arm, including intersection upgrades and construction of new frontage roads.

RW Bruhn Bridge

Project

The Highway 1 four-laning project includes approximately 1.9 km of Highway 1 four-laning, replacement of the existing R.W. Bruhn Bridge with a new four-lane bridge, and intersection improvements between Old Sicamous Road and Silver Sands Road.

Jumping Creek to MacDonald Snowshed

Jumping Creek to Jack MacDonald Snowshed

The project involves the design and construction of improvements to the Trans-Canada Highway 1 approximately 40 kilometres east of Revelstoke. The project is adjacent to the recently completed Illecillewaet and extends to the western end of the MacDonald Snowshed.  

Quartz Creek Bridge

Aerial photo of the Trans-Canada Highway over Quartz Creek

This portion of the Highway 1 Kamloops to Alberta program involves replacing the two-lane bridge crossing at Quartz Creek, 40 km west of Golden, with a new four-lane bridge, access improvements to forest service roads and widening 4.4 km of two-lane highway to four lanes.

Kicking Horse Canyon

Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4 Banner

The Trans-Canada Highway through the Kicking Horse Canyon opened to full four-lane operation at 7 am MST on November 30, 2023. This marked substantial completion of three years of Phase 4 construction.

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Kicking Horse Canyon Project

Selkirk

Selkirk project site showing building up of land on either side of the road to accommodate the future 4-laning and rest area. Shows the 2-lane highway with traffic flowing through the picturesque heavily evergreen forested area with snow-capped mountains reaching into blue sky with clouds on the horizon.

The Selkirk project adjoins to the eastern end of recently widened Quartz Creek Bridge. This project includes four-laning 3.9 km of highway, two wildlife crossings, wildlife exclusion fencing, and construction of a new rest area.

Last updated: October 24, 2023

Completed Projects

The following are completed projects, from west to east along the Trans-Canada Highway 1.

Community Benefits Agreement

Read the Community Benefits Agreement to learn how it will be implemented in the Highway 1 - Kamloops to Alberta Projects.

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