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Project Overview

Project Overview. Improvements are designed to improve safety and reliability By 2009, travel along the corridor will be safer for residents, commuters and tourists

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Project Overview

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  1. Project Overview • Improvements are designed to improve safety and reliability • By 2009, travel along the corridor will be safer for residents, commuters and tourists • Over the longer term, highway improvements will serve population growth, economic development in corridor communities and increasing demand for resident travel, visitor travel and goods movement

  2. Corridor Overview Whistler Cheakamus Canyon Culliton Creek

  3. Highway Improvements • Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvements from Horseshoe Bay to Whistler • 4 lanes Horseshoe Bay to Lions Bay • 2 lanes Lions Bay to Porteau Cove (3rd lane on rail bed for Olympics) • 3 lanes from Porteau Cove to Squamish • 4 lanes within urban Squamish • 3 lanes from Squamish to Whistler

  4. Goals • Safety improvements • Reliability improvements • Capacity improvements • Complete the project 2009 • Minimize traffic disruption and maximize predictability • On time, on budget

  5. Safety • Improve the safety of the highway for residents, commuters and visitors • Number and severity of accidents is substantially higher than average • Safety improvements will result in fewer accidents per year

  6. Reliability • Improve the reliability of the highway • Currently lack of reliability due to traffic delays and safety issues

  7. Capacity • Improve capacity of the highway to serve increased growth and ease congestion • Current lack of capacity reduces safety and hampers goods movement

  8. Traffic Management • Efficient traffic management is essential to the success of the project • Minimizing delays and maximizing predictability is important to the project schedule, stakeholders and the public

  9. Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Draft Pre-Design Options

  10. Draft Pre-Design Options • Improvements for the 7 km section of the Sea-to-Sky Highway from east of Eagle Ridge to Sunset Beach are designed to improve safety, reliability and capacity, consistent with the goals for the overall project.

  11. Draft Pre-Design Options • Four draft options have been developed for input and feedback from the community. Draft options address project goals and community concerns to varying degrees.

  12. Option A - 2 Northbound lanes upslope • 2 northbound lanes use a new route constructed upslope • 2 southbound lanes use the existing Highway 99 route

  13. Option A - 2 Northbound lanes upslope

  14. Option B - 4 Upslope lanes • 4 new lanes upslope from the existing Highway 99 corridor • Existing Highway 99 serves local traffic

  15. Option B - 4 Upslope lanes

  16. Option C - Northbound Tunnel • 2-lane northbound tunnel • Southbound traffic uses the existing Highway 99 route

  17. Option C - Northbound Tunnel

  18. Option D – Two-way, Two-lane Tunnel • One lane northbound and one lane southbound, in tunnel • Existing Highway 99 serves local traffic

  19. Option D – Two-way, Two-lane Tunnel

  20. How is the Public being Consulted? Small Group Meetings • February 9th through February 20th, 2004 Open Houses • February 16th – Gleneagles School (6 pm - 9 pm) • February 19th– Park Royal, South Mall (4 pm - 9 pm) Web-based feedback form • Public input will be gathered via a web-based feedback form (www.seatoskyhighwayimprovements.ca)

  21. For more Information: Brian Stone, Section Director West Vancouver Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project Office Telephone: 604.609.3885Facsimile: 604.609.3881E-mail: brian.stone@gems1.gov.bc.ca Web:www.seatoskyhighwayimprovements.ca

  22. Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project

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