MLA Lois Boone announced today. These projects also increase safety for motorists. We responded to this need by doubling our level of investment last year, and we're continuing to invest this year.
Highway construction is an important component of the government's long-term economic plan.
The intersection project will include extended left turn lanes from Highway 16 to Vance and Cowart Roads, a new acceleration lane from Cowart Road to Highway 16 to improve merging and longer left turn lanes on Vance Road to accommodate more vehicles and make turning safer. The project is scheduled to go out to tender in May and be finished by the end of summer. Boone also announced that portions of the Carlson and Reeve subdivisions would be paved for the first time, a project she predicted would improve local road conditions for the more than 100 families living in those two Prince George communities. Funding is also in place for design work for the partial replacement of the Bowron Bridge deck, which is located 150 kilometres east of Prince George. A new concrete surface will be installed on the Ptarmigan Bridge nearby.