Highway 1 Upgrades – Kamloops To Alberta

Province: British Columbia

City/Region: Kamloops

Image Credit: BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

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Project End: 2026

Project Type: Highway

Industry Sector: Transportation

Project Amount: $1.705 billion

Date of Completion: 2026

Funding Source: Public

Federal Funding: $$505 million

Provincial Funding: $1.2 billion

Previous Rankings

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202341
202242
202156
202058
201960
201858
201770

About The Project

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.

Project Owner: B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

P3 Team Members/Project Team: DB Team: Team (Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4): Kicking Horse Canyon Constructors: Aecon Group Inc, Parsons, Emil Anderson Construction

Engineer: WSP (owner’s engineer/construction supervision services); Wood (WSP) (consulting engineer/geotechnical studies); McElhanney (design)

Contractor: Emil Anderson Construction Inc. (Illecillewaet & Ford Rd. to Tappen Rd.); Springline Construction Services Ltd. (Salmon Arm West); Pennecon Heavy Civil Ltd. (Quartz Creek Bridge); Dawson Civil (Chase West); CIF (Chase East); Aecon-EAC General Partnership (R.W. Bruhn Bridge replacement and intersection improvements between Old Sicamous Rd. and Silver Sands Rd.)

Other Key Players: Golder (WSP) (geotechnical and Environmental Services); Englobe (pavement engineering services, QA, QV); WSP (owner’s engineer/construction supervision services); Hanscomb (cost consultant); EY (mgmt. consultant); Charter PDI; TULLOCH

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