Maintenance Contract Renewal Rocky Mountain District Service Area

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Maintenance Contract RenewalRocky Mountain
DistrictService Area 11

• Richmond, BC
• September 14, 2005

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Service Area 11

• Geographic Coverage
• Area Information
• Projects Past and Present
• Planning Initiatives

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Cranbrook Information

• Averages
• Mean Daily Temperature
• -8.3 to 18.2 C
• Mean Daily Max Temperature
• -3.9 to 25.7 C
• Mean Daily Min Temperature
• -12.8 to 10.7 C
• Frost Free Days
• 110 days
• Last Spring Frost
• May 26
• First Fall Frost
• September 14

• Hours of Sunshine
• Mean Monthly Range
• 60 to 320 hours
• Annual Total
• 2230 hours
• Enjoys 4 distinct seasons
• Marketed as having the most sunshine hours in BC
  

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Lane Kilometres

• Total Lane Kilometres Class 1-7
• 3700
• Numbered Routes
• 1100

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Summer Average Daily Traffic
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District Rest Areas

• Rest Areas 9
• Class A 2

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Average Winter Temperatures
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February Averages
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Considerations

• Pros
• Dry Climate
• Ditching
• Mowing
• Limited of Storm Cycles
• Moderate of Freeze/Thaw Cycles
• Reactive to chemical application

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Considerations

• Geotechnical
• Moyie Bluffs
• Hwy 95, Radium to Park

• Challenges
• Micro-Climates
• i.e. Elko to Alberta Border
• Susceptible to compacting during storm

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Challenges

• Growth
• 55 new subdivisions 2005
• 71 Fee Simple
• Approx 10 LK added each year
• Communication / Co-ordination
• Alberta, Parks Canada
• Canadian Pacific Railway
• Montana and Idaho Departments of Transportation

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Area Stakeholders

• Tourism
• 3 Local Ski Hills
• Future Development
• 11 Local Golf Resorts
• 11 large
• Logging Industry
• TPCS
• Mining Industry

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Recent Projects

• Moyie Bluffs
• Added passing lanes
• Fernie Bridges
• Two new bridges
• CPR Hill
• Re-alignment
• Hosmer Bridge
• Michel Old Town Bridge
• Michel Mouth Bridge

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Current Projects

• Cranbrook
• Cranbrook Arterial
• Hwy 3
• Wards / Monroe Bridges
• Resurfacing (this summer)
• Hwy 93/95
• Wasa Intersection Upgrades
• Toby Creek Rock Work

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Bridge Surfacing Projects
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Planning Initiatives

• Access Management Strategy
• Highways 93/95, 3
• Highways 93/95, 3 speed limits
• Access Management Plans
• Fairmont to Radium
• Capital and Rehabilitation Programs
• Current planning 06/07 09/10

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Heartlands Projects