Provincial load restrictions are updated as new information becomes available.

Province of British Columbia
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

FORT GEORGE DISTRICT
FORT GEORGE SERVICE AREA 19

PUBLIC NOTICE #7

LOAD RESTRICTIONS within the Fort George Service Area #19

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Effective 9:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time on Thursday, March 14, 2024
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All overload permits on restricted routes are invalid for the duration of these restriction. The applicable tolerances provided under 7.26(1) of the regulations pursuant to the Commercial Transport Act shall apply.
The public, trucking, and transportation Companies should govern themselves accordingly.

All Provincial Numbered Routes - 100% Legal Axel Loading - except as listed below:
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Provincial Side Roads - 100% Legal Axle Loading - only will be allowed on the following:
#325, Blackwater Road - from the City of Prince George boundary (Frenkel Road) to end of pavement
#397, Carmel Drive - from Yellowhead Highway #16, north for 3 Km
#1009, Castle Road - from Sintich to 0.05 Km
#156, Ellis Road - from Sintich Road to Prince George Airport
#303, Isle Pierre Road - from Yellowhead Highway #16 West to end of pavement
#169, Old Cariboo Highway
#111, Plett Road
#4098, Shelley Road - from Yellowhead Highway #16, north for 3 Km
#157, Sintich Road - from Cariboo Highway #97 to Ellis Road
#458, Upper Fraser Road - from Bowron FSR to Pass Lake FSR
#458, Upper Fraser Road - from Highway 16 to Eaglet Creek Road
#1064, Willow Cale Road - from the City of Prince George boundary to the intersection of Damms
Road (start of Willow Cale Forest Service Road)

Provincial Side Roads, 70% Legal Axle Loading - only will be allowed on the following:
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#1046, Alpine Drive - from Tabor Creek Road to the Regional Districts Transfer Station
#322, Beaverley East Road - from Muralt to Blackwater Road
#127, Bendixon Road - from the Old Cariboo Highway to Pinko Road
#325, Blackwater Road - from end of pavement to District Highways boundary
#123, Buckhorn Road
#1009, Castle Road - from 0.05km to end of road
#225, Chief Lake Road
All feeder roads to Chief Lake Road - except those mentioned at 50%
#2345, Christopher Road
#147, Cummings Road - from Old Cariboo Highway to Tabor Creek Road
#121, Fifteen Mile Road
#125, Forest Nursery Road
#4062, Giscome Road - from the City of Prince George Boundary to Highway #16
#214, Goose Country Road
#1013, Granby Road
All feeders to Granby Road
#2348, Hobby Drive
#152, Holmes Road - from Cariboo Highway #97 to the Old Cariboo Highway
#246, Isle Pierre North Connector Road
#243, Isle Pierre - Reid Lake Road
#303, Isle Pierre Road - from end of pavement to end of road
#131, Johnson Road - from Ellis Road to Pooley Road
#310, Lower Mud River Road - from Yellowhead Highway #16 West to the Mud River Bridge and from
Chilako Station Road to the end of road
#385, Miworth Road - from the City of Prince George Boundary to Catherine Drive
#250, Ness Lake Road
All feeder roads to Ness Lake Road - except those mentioned at 50%
#140, Pooley Road - from Johnson Road to Bendixon Road
#248, Saxton Lake Road
#4098, Shelley Road - from 3 Km north of Highway #16, east to Shelley Townsite
#458, Upper Fraser Road (except as mentioned at 100%)

All feeder roads to the Upper Fraser Road
All roads in the Mackenzie Community
All roads in the Bear Lake Community
All feeder roads to the John Hart Highway #97 North - from the City of Prince George north boundary
to Highway 39 Junction
All feeder roads to the Yellowhead Highway #16 East - from the Upper Fraser Road to the Fort George
Service Area 19 East Boundary (Crescent Spur) except those mentioned at 100% and 50%
All feeder roads to the Yellowhead Highway #16 West - from but not including, Hiller Road to the Fort George District Service Area #19 Boundary (Bednesti Lake), except those mentioned at 100% and 50%
All feeder roads to the Cariboo Highway #97 South - from the District Highways South Boundary to the Willow Cale Forest Road

Provincial Side Roads, 50% Legal Axle Loading - only will be allowed on the following:
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#400, Arnett Road
#397, Carmel Drive - from 125m west of Highway #16 to end of road
#2311, Green Acres Drive
#131, Johnson Road - from Pooley Road to Tabor Creek Road
#254, Lakeside Drive
#310, Lower Mud River Road - from the Mud River Bridge north to Chilako Station Road
#345, McBride Timber South Road
#346, McBride Timber North Road
#2309, Mountainview Road
#256, Ness Lake North Road
#260, North Kelly Road - from the City of Prince George boundary to the road end
All Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure roads in the North Kelly Subdivision – except those mentioned at 70%
#424, Perry East Road
#3005, Shad Road
#3006, Simpson Road
#2310, Sisto Road
#315, Upper Mud River Road
#3007, Westside Road

All feeder roads to Salmon Valley Road
All feeder roads to the Cariboo Highway #97 South - from north of the Willow Cale Forest Service Road to the City of Prince George Boundary, except those mentioned at 70% and 100%
All feeder roads to the Old Cariboo Highway - except those mentioned at 70% and 100%
All feeder roads in the Pineview/Ferndale Tabor Area - except those mentioned at 70% and 100%
All feeder roads to Fifteen Mile Road - except those mentioned at 70%
All feeder roads to the Yellowhead Highway #16 East - from the City of Prince George boundary up to but not including Giscome Road
All feeder roads to Giscome Road
All feeder roads to Shelley Road - except those mentioned at 70% and 100%
All Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Roads in the Willow River Townsite
All feeder roads to Blackwater Road
All feeder roads to the Yellowhead Highway #16 West - from the City of Prince George Boundary up to and including Hiller Road and all roads within the Beaverley Subdivision
All Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure roads within the Miworth Area - except those mentioned at 70%

Contact Information:
Ministry Contact: Barb Bergeron, District Operations Tech. (250) 645-9653

Issued by: Shaun Holahan, District Manager, Transportation, Fort George District

All overload permits on restricted routes are invalid for the duration of these restrictions.
The applicable tolerances provided under 7.26(1) of the regulations pursuant to the Commercial Transport Act shall apply.
Violators of the regulations and restrictions will be prosecuted.
The public, and trucking and transportation companies should govern themselves accordingly.

Online at: http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/loadrestrictions/loadrestrictions.htm

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