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Highway 1 - Ford Road to Tappen Valley Road

Last updated on February 25, 2025

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.

Project improvements include:

  • A new east bound commercial carrier pullout
  • New frontage road system to provide safer access to the highway
  • Modified protected T-intersection at Tappen Valley Road
  • Installation of median barrier

Notice of work

Notification of project-related fieldwork or construction is posted on this page in advance. For the latest information on road conditions, please visit DriveBC.

Traffic impacts

  • Tappen Creek Detour and White Creek Detour in effect at 60 km/hr
  • Localized reduced speed zones between Kault Hill and Ford Road to 60 km/hr during active construction and 80 km/hr during inactive times
  • New Highway 1 alignment and bridge are open; the speed zone is 60km/hr from Ford Road to Bolton Road

Daily stoppages

  • Daily intermittent minor stoppages for construction equipment and trucks from Kault Hill to Ford Road
  • Up to one 20 minute stoppage daily (Monday to Saturday) at 1:00 pm for blasting

Closures

  • Kault Hill eastbound rest area/brake check is closed to public/trucks
  • Tappen Valley Road closed from Highway 1 to 399 Tappen Valley Road until December 2025
    • Detour available via Bolton Road

Status

  • In construction
    • On site Contractor: Emil Anderson Construction (EAC)

Schedule

  • Construction started: October 4, 2023
  • Scheduled completion: October 31, 2026
  • Traffic flip to new Tappen Overhead Eastbound Bridge (completed November 2024)
  • Existing Tappen Overhead Bridge removed (completed January 2025)
  • Drilling and blasting at Kault Hill (ongoing)
  • Future frontage roads under construction along Kirkpatrick Road, James Road, Sunnybrae Road and Arnouse Road (starting summer 2025)
  • Westbound Tappen Creek Bridge (started January 2025)
  • Blasting and Rock Stabilization at Kault Hill (estimated completion March 2025)
  • Skwlax Resource Management Ltd. advanced clearing and fencing (completed)
  • Reinstate passing lanes at Kault Hill (estimated completion summer 2025)
  • Access up Tappen Valley Road (estimated completion end of 2025)

Project benefits

  • Improve safety, capacity and movement of goods and services
  • Provide safer access to local roads for residents, commercial vehicles, tourists and travellers
  • Reduce travel times during peak travel periods
  • Wider shoulders and new frontage road system to support cyclists, pedestrians, and people using other modes of active transportation

Project cost

The total project cost is estimated at $243 million. This includes up to $82.1 million from the Government of Canada under the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component of the New Building Canada Fund.

Public consultation

Project concept

 

Ford To Tappen Flyover Eastbound 2021

Project photos

Project map

Highway 1 - Ford Road to Tappen Valley Road Project Map

Know before you go

Get construction updates, traffic, weather and road conditions and plan your route.

News releases

Indigenous acknowledgement

We are committed to work with indigenous partners Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw (Skwlāx) located on the northeast shore of Little Shuswap Lake

 

Contact information

Friendly url for this page:
gov.bc.ca/bchwy1-ford-tappen

For more information about the project, contact:

Reid Drummond
Project Manager

Phone
250-299-1494
Email
FordToTappen@gov.bc.ca