Highway 16 Three-laning

Year
2011
Number
B162
Sponsor(s)
Kitimat-Stikine RD

WHEREAS the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway 16 is the only east-west highway connecting communities in northern BC and has insufficient passing lanes along most of its length; AND WHEREAS Highway 16 is critical for the economic development of the region and province, especially in providing access to the Asia-Pacific: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM call upon the provincial and federal governments to implement a comprehensive and phased program for three-laning the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway 16 within BC.

Convention Decision
Not Endorsed