Highway #4 (Port Alberni, Tofino, Ucluelet)

Improvement's to Highway 4's Kennedy Hill span are starting May 7th. The project will straighten out a notoriously dangerous section of the highway along Kennedy Lake near the Tofino/Ucluelet junction.

 

Nightly closure are expected in July onwards.

 

Westbound animation

 

Eastbound animation

 

Flyover

I hate when they straighten out fun driving roads. 

Believe this is the section where the ambulance fell in the lake a few years back.

Hard to hate something that will immediately improve safety.

Surveyors were out in full force on Hwy 4 yesterday.  Was a good day to take the sports car out on this fun road before construction starts.

Some video from 1966.

https://youtu.be/Np6QgUojdFs?t=5m30s

 

and more recent

https://youtu.be/mKmDxinSKbA?t=2m15s

Edited by Linear Thinker, 26 April 2018 - 11:19 AM.

I went from Tofino to Cluculz Lake, west of Prince George in one day in my VW Corrado.

https://goo.gl/maps/oBcZ69pXN2r

Many Twisties !

(fixed the Corrado link)

Surveyors were out in full force on Hwy 4 yesterday.  Was a good day to take the sports car out on this fun road before construction starts.

Edited by Linear Thinker, 03 May 2018 - 11:39 AM.

From the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure:

Park visitors, interest groups and people who live in surrounding communities will have a chance to shape future access to Cathedral Grove, with a series of open houses focusing on understanding and addressing safety concerns.

(Can’t attend the open house? Fill out the online feedback form at http://engage.gov.bc...athedralgrove )

Cathedral Grove, located in MacMillan Provincial Park, is an old growth forest found along Highway 4. The park has become a local, national and international attraction, with roughly 500,000 visitors per year. As the park’s popularity continues to grow, so too have issues surrounding pedestrian safety and parking alongside the highway.

The Cathedral Grove Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Study is seeking public input on understanding these issues, with a series of open houses, a survey and online public engagement starting Nov. 21, 2018. The goal of this engagement process is to learn more about how to address safety and parking concerns at Cathedral Grove, while protecting environmental, social and cultural values.

Input from this public consultation period, along with feedback from First Nations and local government, will be used to guide the development of future safety initiatives.

The ministry anticipates sharing initial safety concepts for further public engagement in spring 2019.

Public information sessions:

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018

Times: Media invited at 3:30 p.m.

Public invited from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Location:
Port Alberni Friendship Centre
Clutesi Hall
3555 4th Ave.
Port Alberni

Date: Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018

Times: Media invited at 3:30 p.m.

Public invited from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Location:
Oceanside Place
Multi-purpose room
830 West Island Highway
Parksville

Pave paradise, put up a parking lot?

Matt.

Pave paradise, put up a parking lot?

Matt.

Just half.  Pave one side entirely, there's still the other for everyone to enjoy.