City council in Surrey has awarded a contract for designing the widening of 132nd Street between 72nd Avenue to 80th Avenue.
The city says in a news release that the expansion to four lanes aims to improve traffic and safety.
It awarded the contract to Aplin and Martin Consultants Limited earlier this week, setting the spending limit at 372-thousand dollars.
Design work is set to begin in August and be finished by October 2024, with construction expected to begin in 2025.
U-S-based First Transit operates on a contract with B-C Transit and employs about 200 bus drivers and mechanics serving Abbotsford, Mission, Agassiz-Harrison, Chilliwack and Hope. The company says it is eager for the strike to end and for services to be restored in the Fraser Valley.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with B.C. Premier David Eby about the labour dispute between the union and the BC Maritime Employers Association and agreed on the need to "ensure the stability" of national supply chains.
The union representing longshore workers in British Columbia says it has rescinded 72-hour strike notice that had sparked concerns the province's ports could be shut down again by Saturday.
Hear from Surrey RCMP Assistant Commissioner Brian Edwards on public safety, policing, and more.
The Mounties say they're looking for three suspects who were seen on surveillance camera emptying out boxes of inexpensive items and replacing them with significantly more expensive merchandise.
A 15-year-old Kamloops girl is dead after a hiking accident in B-C's Southern Interior. Police say it happened Sunday evening about 30 kilometres southeast of Revelstoke.