Tag Archives: Infrastructure
UPDATE: Hwy 4 partially re-opens after rock slide at Kennedy Lake
UPDATE: Highway 4 at Kennedy Lake re-opened to alternating traffic at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the province.A more than 14-hour closure in both directions was caused by several large boulders w...
Jul 09, 2019 Crews are busy clearing large amounts of rock debris from Hwy. 4 at Kennedy Lake. Traffic was closed down in both directions Tuesday morning and will remain closed indefinitely. No detour is in place (Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure)
1 of 3 cruise ships visiting Nanaimo forced to cancel
NANAIMO - The last cruise ship to arrive in Nanaimo for the 2019 season unfortunately won't be making a visit to the harbour city. The Silver Explorer was one of only three cruise ships scheduled to v...
Jul 05, 2019 The Silver Explorer was set to bring more than 100 tourists to Nanaimo on July 11. (Silversea)
Year-round transit service approved in Regional District of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Public bus service on the mid island will soon be offered every day of the year, following unanimous approval from Regional District of Nanaimo board members.Three statutory holidays current...
Jul 04, 2019 Public bus service in the Nanaimo & Parksville/Qualicum regions will be offered 365 days a year as of January 1, 2020. (NanaimoNewsNOW file photo)
Bastion St. Bridge work delayed, City now expects mid July re-opening
NANAIMO - A key link to and from downtown Nanaimo will be closed longer than expected as crews continue refurbishing the Bastion St. Bridge.The City expects the bridge will be closed to vehicle traffi...
Jul 03, 2019 The City of Nanaimo anticipates the Bastion St. Bridge will re-open on July 16, more than two weeks later than expected. (City of Nanaimo)
Concrete barriers, safer crossings coming to major Island Hwy. intersections
NANAIMO - It's hoped $4 million worth of improvements will make a busy stretch of the Island Hwy. much safer. Work will begin after the Canada Day weekend to replace concrete barriers at two key inter...
Jun 28, 2019 The intersection of Oliver Rd. and the Island Hwy, along with Rutherford Rd. and the Island Hwy., will receive concrete barrier and pedestrian island work throughout the summer. (Google Earth)
Suddenly-pulled funding latest setback for Nanaimo to Vancouver fast ferry
NANAIMO - Another summer will come and go without an often-promised fast ferry from Nanaimo to Vancouver. "If this was easy, somebody else would have done it," David Marshall with Island Ferries Servi...
Jun 25, 2019 Dropping this model of a Nanaimo to Vancouver fast ferry into the water would be the closest the project has come to launching over the last five years. (Island Ferries Services)
'It was badly needed:' new North Oyster fire hall opens
NANAIMO - Years of planning and waiting has paid off for North Oyster Volunteer Fire Department crews, who finally have a newly expanded fire hall.The new four-bay Yellow Point Rd. hall officially ope...
Jun 22, 2019 The North Oyster Volunteer Fire Department's new hall features four bays and many other amenities. (Florian Schulz)
Service providers will be consulted in design of new Nanaimo Correctional Centre
NANAIMO - BC Corrections has vowed service providers at the Nanaimo Correctional Centre will be consulted as the province follows through on a nearly $160 million commitment to replace the aging jail....
Jun 21, 2019 BC Corrections said impacted on-site service providers, including the John Howard Society, will be consulted as design plans for the new Nanaimo Correctional Centre are formed. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Renovations, overpass are main options to fix Cathedral Grove parking
NANAIMO - The public now has a firmer grasp on what's on the table to fix congestion and traffic woes at Cathedral Grove. An open house in Parksville on Wednesday, June 19 presented several options af...
Jun 20, 2019 Parking spaces along both sides of Hwy. 4 at Cathedral Grove are consistently overflowing and crowded. (Google Earth)
New parking lot opens to ease Mt. Benson congestion
NANAIMO - More than 100 new parking spaces are now open to accomodate the staggering number of hikers climbing Mt. Benson. The parking lot, first announced in 2017, opened on Wednesday. The lot is bui...
Jun 19, 2019 Even in the depths of winter, the off-season for hiking Mt. Benson, parking spaces are limited. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)