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Monday, April 21, 2025

NEW HIGHWAY WEBCAMS HELP YOU KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

VICTORIA โ€“ Eight more DriveBC web cameras are now online to help you โ€œknow before you goโ€ on British Columbia highways, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Shirley Bond announced today.

โ€œWith these new webcams, motorists know weather and highway conditions and are able to make safe travel plans,โ€ said Bond. โ€œDriveBC now has 175 webcams showing highway conditions throughout the province to help you plan a safe trip.โ€ Five of these latest cameras are in the Lower Mainland, including key Highway 91 East-West Connector) intersections, as well as Highway 99 at 8th Avenue.

โ€œWhether coming home, commuting to work or planning a road trip, you want to do it safely,โ€ said Surrey-White Rock MLA Gordon Hogg. โ€œThese new webcams, from right here in White Rock to Richmond and the Interior, provide the information youโ€™ll need to get to your destination.โ€

The new webcams outside of the Lower Mainland are on Highway 99 at Fountain Valley, just north of Lillooet; on Highway 97A at Spallumcheen, north of Vernon; and on Highway 1 near the 10 Mile Brake Check in the Kicking Horse Canyon.

The webcams are available at www.drivebc.ca and travellers may also call the toll-free DriveBC line at 1 800 550-HWYS (4997). DriveBC also provides travel advisories, road closure information, weather information and other important links.