PROJECT DETAIL

The engineering and construction challenges in the Kicking Horse Canyon are immense. The area is subject to many rockslides, debris torrents and avalanches. The total cost of the project is estimated at over $972 million…a significant investment that reflects both the enormity of the task and the importance of the corridor.

Kicking Horse Canyon route improvements are being carried out
in four major phases:

Phase 1 (Complete)

Replacement of the Yoho Bridge, and upgrading 3.2 km of the Trans-Canada Highway from 2 lanes to 4 lanes. The Government of British Columbia contributed $43 million toward the $64 million project, with $21 million provided by the Government of Canada through the Strategic Highway Infrastructure Program (SHIP). [more detail]

Phase 2 (Complete)

Replacement of the Park Bridge and upgrades/reconfiguration of 5.8 kilometres of highway approaches to the new bridge. With a total estimated capital cost of $143 million, the Province is investing $80.5 million; the federal government has committed to fund up to $62.5 million toward this phase of the project under the Canadian Strategic Infrastructure Program (CSIF). With the new bridge and highway opened to traffic in August 2007, this project is now complete. [more detail]

Phase 3 (Funded for Construction)

Reconstruction of 8.8 kilometres of highway between the 10 Mile Hill commercial vehicle brake check and Yoho National Park, including a new crossing of Mount Hunter Creek, and 3.5 kilometres of improvements from Golden Hill to the “West Portal”, the location of a possible future highway tunnel in the Canyon.[more detail]

Phase 4 (In Design)

Construction of a new interchange at Highway 95, and more than four kilometres of new highway through the extremely difficult “Canyon” section between the “West Portal” and the Yoho (5-Mile) Bridge. [more detail]