Provincial load restrictions are updated as new information becomes available.

Province of British Columbia
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT

BULKLEY STIKINE DISTRICT

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LOAD RESTRICTIONS IN THE LAKES SERVICE AREA 24 (2025 #3)

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Pursuant to Section 66 of the Transportation Act the following load restrictions will be imposed, on the following Provincial Highways and Roads in the Lakes area until further notice:

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Effective 11:00 AM PDT on Sunday, March 23, 2025

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The following Provincial Numbered Routes are 100% Legal Axle Loading 24 hrs/day:

Highway 16
Highway 35
Highway 118 (except detour near Fulton hatchery)

The following Side Roads are 100% Legal Axle Loading 24 hrs/day

Aitken Rd (to Houston Landfill)
Babine Rd #200 (Hwy 16 to transfer station)
Bedore Rd (from Rose Lk Cutoff Rd to CN tracks only)
Eakin Settlement Rd (paved portion only)
Equity Mine Rd
Gilgan Rd
Keefe s Landing Rd
Lewis Rd
McKilligan Rd (Hwy 16 to Aitken Rd only)
Moe Rd (Hwy 16 to old Mill access only (800m))
Murphy & Rd (Hwy 16 to Murphy West Rd only (155m))
Murphy West Rd
Ootsa Nadina Rd (Keefe s Landing Rd to Gallagher Cr (37km))
Rose Lk Cutoff Rd (Hwy 16 to Bedore Rd only)
Tibbets Cr Rd
Uncha Lk Rd (paved portion only)
West Decker Rd (paved portion only)

The following Side Roads are 70% Legal Axle Loading from 11am to 11pm and 100% Legal Axle Loading from 11pm to 11am (night hauling)***:

Mill Bay Road and Fulton Detour Road

The following Side Roads are 70% Legal Axle Loading 24 hrs/day:

All other roads, not mentioned above

Ministry Contact: Janelle McKenzie or Marlene Keehn, Operations Technician 250-847-7403
Issued by: Rena Gibson, District Manager, Transportation, Bulkley-Stikine District

All overload permits on restricted routes are invalid for the duration of these restrictions.
The applicable tolerances provided under 7.26 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: http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/loadrestrictions/loadrestrictions.htm

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Province of British Columbia

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT
BULKLEY STIKINE DISTRICT

LOAD RESTRICTIONS IN THE LAKES SERVICE AREA 24 (2025 #4)

Pursuant to Section 66 of the Transportation Act the following load restrictions will be imposed,
on the following Provincial Highways and Roads in the Lakes area until further notice:

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Effective 11:00 PM PDT on Thursday, April, 24 2025
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The following Provincial Numbered Routes are 100% Legal Axle Loading 24 hrs/day:
-Highway 16
-Highway 35
-Highway 118 (except detour near Fulton hatchery)

The following Side Roads are 100% Legal Axle Loading 24 hrs/day:
-Aitken Rd (to Houston Landfill)
-Babine Rd #200 (Hwy 16 to transfer station)
-Bedore Rd (from Rose Lk Cutoff Rd to CN tracks only)
-Eakin Settlement Rd (paved portion only)
-Equity Mine Rd
-Gilgan Rd
-Keefe’s Landing Rd
-Lewis Rd
-McKilligan Rd (Hwy 16 to Aitken Rd only)
-Moe Rd (Hwy 16 to old Mill access only (800m))
-Murphy & Rd (Hwy 16 to Murphy West Rd only (155m))
-Murphy West Rd
-Ootsa Nadina Rd (Keefe’s Landing Rd to Gallagher Cr (37km))
-Rose Lk Cutoff Rd (Hwy 16 to Bedore Rd only)
-Tibbets Cr Rd
-Uncha Lk Rd (paved portion only)
-West Decker Rd (paved portion only)

The following Side Roads are 70% Legal Axle Loading from 11am to 11pm
and 100% Legal Axle Loading from 11pm to 11am (night hauling)***:
-Mill Bay Road and Fulton Detour Road

The following Side Roads are 50% legal axle loading 24 hrs/day:
-Walcott Rd
-Palling East Rd
-Palling West Rd

The following Side Roads are 70% Legal Axle Loading 24 hrs/day
-All other roads, not mentioned above

Ministry Contact: Janelle McKenzie or Marlene Keehn, Operations Technician 250-847-7403
Issued by: Rena Gibson, District Manager, Transportation, Bulkley-Stikine District

All overload permits on restricted routes are invalid for the duration of these restrictions.
The applicable tolerances provided under 7.26 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: http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/loadrestrictions/loadrestrictions.htm

The Ministry of Transportation
urges you to check road conditions often.

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