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[Nparker]

Maybe we should stop voting for the NDP...

Let's just start with this.

[lanforod]

You forgot the bridge to the mainland. That’s the real big one.

[FogPub]

You forgot the bridge to the mainland. That’s the real big one.

Agreed, but every time I suggest it I get shot down.

[Victoria Watcher]

Is the Malahat holding this week?

[Mike K.]

Holding everyone’s beer, while they get ready to do something stupid.

[Mike K.]

Malahat closed at Bamberton due to a vehicle fire.

[Mike K.]

Sounds like a semi crashed, and is blocking all lanes.

It’s a bad day/24 hours for big trucks. Yesterday a dump truck rolled on the 17 at Quadra. Today a dump truck smoked a hydro pole in Sooke, closing down a street. And now a semi has crashed at the foot of the Malahat.

[Mike K.]

Via Katey Danielle.



Via Kim Simmons.

[Nparker]

That barrier seems to have taken quite the beating.

[Victoria Watcher]

Winter tire season begins on Malahat, many other B.C. highways

Starting Sunday, winter tires are required on the Malahat and Highways 4, 14 and 28 on Vancouver Island

https://www.timescol...ighways-7626121

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 October 2023 - 04:45 PM.

[Mike K.]

Highway 14 west of Sooke only.

[sebberry]

It's just a scam by big rubber.

[Matt R.]

Thanksgiving to Easter!

[Mike K.]

Not a good sign.

A safety assessment is expected by noon. In the Goldstream area, southbound.

Thankfully those fences were added some time ago. This could have been disastrous.

[Nparker]

It's pathetic how little has been done to significantly improve the Malahat.

[splashflash]

It's pathetic how little has been done to significantly improve the Malahat.

The Capital Regional District has tried to box in MoTi options, purchasing land far outside the Sooke Reservoir Basin and then proclaiming it as securing the integrity of CRD water supply.  There have been multiple resolutions by the CRD against any roadway expansion, regardless that intercity roads are not a CRD responsibility.  It's a climate emergency you see. 

 

All the while the population soars and housing price increases hugely outpace the increase in wages.  No call to throttle immigration though, as that would hurt the economy.

[Mike K.]

Two years to fix a small washout. This highway has to be replaced.

From the province:

People travelling the Highway 1-Malahat corridor now have a smoother, faster journey with the completion of repairs to the Tunnel Hill section that was washed out by heavy rain and floods in 2021.

This challenging project has improved safety and reliability for the more than 35,000 commuters who use the corridor every day.

“We know the Malahat is a critical connection for residents, businesses, emergency services and the movement of goods on the Island,” said Rob Fleming, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. “The completion of this project doesn’t just ensure safety for drivers. It increases our resiliency for dealing with future climate events and it means people can keep counting on this route to get to their work, homes and families.”

On Nov. 15, 2021, approximately 50 metres of the northbound lane of the highway at Tunnel Hill were washed out. A culvert outlet was severely damaged and several sections of the retaining wall were compromised. Temporary repairs were completed to stabilize the slope and reopen the highway to two-lane traffic while permanent repairs were underway.

Permanent repairs and crucial safety upgrades were made to the site, which is bordered by steep cliffs, restoring approximately 50 metres of the northbound lane and repairing damage to existing drainage and slope stability. The improvements included replacing an 80-metre-long retaining wall with a 100-metre-long wall and increasing drainage capacity to protect against extreme weather.

The project was the first contract awarded for permanent repairs to British Columbia highways in the aftermath of the 2021 rains and floods.

The permanent repairs began in July 2022 and were completed this month. Final works included repaving, line painting, barrier placement and other work.

[Mike K.]

Its been just over three years since the last round of community consultation on Malahat safety upgrades in the Goldstream Park area wrapped up, on September 20th, 2020.

 

https://www2.gov.bc....ty-improvements

[Victoria Watcher]

It’s impossible to see from the comfort of your vehicle the work that went into repairing a crucial piece of the Malahat highway, now complete after two years.

 

The only thing marking the site of a dangerous washout at Tunnel Hill in November 2021 is new paving. But below the road grade and down the bank, it’s an engineering marvel, one that’s intended to withstand extreme-weather events brought on by climate change.

 

The “atmospheric river” rain that began on Nov. 13, 2021, and eventually dumped 188 millimetres over 72 hours, overwhelmed a culvert taking water off the cliff face at Tunnel Hill.

 

Water spilled over the road, taking out the shoulder on the northbound lane. The wall of stacked concrete blocks that held up the 50-metre stretch of highway, keeping it from tumbling down the steep slope to Finlayson Arm, was compromised.

 

Fixing the 50-metre-long section about a kilometre north of Finlayson Arm Road took two years, $24 million and many night closures and lane shutdowns.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...y-rains-7827230

 

 

 

 

You know, for $24 million even I could build an "engineering marvel" better than a simple 50-metre highway fix.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 November 2023 - 04:35 AM.

[Nparker]

I stopped reading at the introduction of the "extreme weather events" propaganda.🙄