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[sebberry]

Source?

[Mike K.]

A scanner feed via Twitter, I would assume, at @vicfreelance.

[sebberry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV1-ElUMkDU

 

Published on Feb 5, 2015

Great Scott! Settle into the driver's seat and go back to the early days of the Malahat - 1966, to be precise (Victoria to Duncan).

You see, every few years we send a vehicle on the road outfitted with a camera and special instruments. In addition to checking the road for smoothness, rutting, cracking, potholes and other issues, the camera is set up to automatically take a photo every 10 metres. The vehicle then drives our highways, and we end up with a fairly comprehensive reference of what our roads are like.

The images we collect are gathered into what we call the “Photolog." Before services like Google Street View, it was the way for ministry staff to take a virtual highway tour, and it was an indispensable tool to help manage our rehabilitation program and ensure we were fixing the roads that needed it the most.

Even though we can now use any number of online services to see our roads, the Photolog is still an essential tool, because it combines a visual reference with a lot of other important data.

[Nparker]

What I get most from this clip is how little improvement there has been on the Malahat route in close to half a century.

[Mr_E_Squirrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV1-ElUMkDU

Awesome find !

[snub]

And another.  1960, up the "hat" to the Malahat Chalet.

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ornG-OODgY&index=4&list=LL88MBz6bBJGj8ohGtndRQ9Q

[sebberry]

In addition to checking the road for smoothness, rutting, cracking, potholes and other issues

 

I wish someone would check Shelbourne for smoothness.  I swear I'm going to pee blood every time I drive it.

[sebberry]

Truck and RCMP vehicle collide on Malahat

 

A collision between a truck and an RCMP vehicle shut traffic on the Malahat highway for several hours last night.

 

At 6 p.m. on Friday, an unmarked RCMP sport utility vehicle was travelling south on the Trans-Canada Highway when it collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Frayne Road in Mill Bay. The truck, driven by a 46-year-old Cobble Hill man, was heading east on Frayne Road. A six-year-old boy was also in the truck.

 

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http://www.timescolo...lahat-1.1756093

[snub]

I found some excellent old photos of the Malahat, dating back to 1912! Also lots of old pics of the Chalet and the Dutch Latch.

 

https://www.flickr.c...57629926197347/

 

 

 

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[Mike K.]

An accident shut down the Malahat southbound yesterday, and today there is a report of another accident near Finlayson Arm Road that is causing delays southbound.

[jonny]

Drove the Malahat yesterday (thankfully managed to avoid the accidents). I couldn't help but think how easy it looks like it would be to have the whole thing be four lanes, especially North of the summit to Mill Bay. The improvements look like a bit of a joke, to be honest.

[Mike K.]

Two separate accidents have shut down the Malahat in both directions.

[Bingo]

Two separate accidents have shut down the Malahat in both directions.

 

And to get home you might have to walk 20 KM and it's up hill both ways.

[insanelydeadlydisease]

Drove the Malahat yesterday (thankfully managed to avoid the accidents). I couldn't help but think how easy it looks like it would be to have the whole thing be four lanes, especially North of the summit to Mill Bay. The improvements look like a bit of a joke, to be honest.

The lack of bike lanes and pedestrian access is pretty unacceptable.

[Nparker]

The lack of bike lanes and pedestrian access is pretty unacceptable.

Are you being facetious?

[Mike K.]

The Malahat has been shut down in both direction following an accident involving a motorcycle. A vehicle on fire is also reported. This is occurring near Aspen Road north of the Langford border.

[sebberry]

Another one?

[Mike K.]

Yup.

[nagel]

Too bad it's not provincial election time.  With all these crashes, surely they'd promise to keep fixing the Malahat.

[Mike K.]

Unconfirmed, but an individual is reported deceased. A motorhome vs. a motorcycle.