The Government of B.C. has embarked on a 10-year project to expand the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) between the city of Kamloops and the Alberta border. Highway 1 includes 339 kms under the jurisdiction of the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, as well as 101 kms under the jurisdiction of Parks Canada. There are seven sections of the work that are scheduled for completion: Chase four-laning at a cost of $220M; Ford Road to Tappen Valley overhead, at a cost of $243M; Salmon Arm west, at a cost of $155M; Bruhn Bridge, at a cost of $224.5M; Illecillewaet, at a cost of $85.2M; Quartz Bridge and four-laning at a cost of $123.7M; and Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4, at a cost of $601 million.
