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Paving project planned for West of Smithers

Paving projects will be underway in the North including the Smithers area this Summer.

28 kilometres of sealcoat resurfacing will occur on Highway 16 from Witset to Mudflat Overhead.

Additionally, there will be four kilometre of first time hard surfacing on Old Babine Road.

This work is set to begin in July and expected to be completed by mid-September.

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Drivers should expect single-lane alternating traffic and 24 hour pilot car control.

The province added there will be dust and fresh oil during periods of active work.

Meanwhile, over 26 kilometres of asphalt resurfacing will occur on Highway 16 in the Terrace and Thornhill areas.

The $5.8 million project is set to begin this month and is expected to be completed by late September.

Drivers can expect the work to take place from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m with single lane alternating traffic during work hours with a maximum of 20 minute delays.

The province added $42 million is being invested in highway resurfacing and nearly $11 million is being spent on side road improvement in the North this year.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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