Saturday November 30, 2019 ~ SOOKE
~ West Shore Voice News
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will be hosting a public open house in Sooke about the next round of improvements to Highway 14 (Sooke Road).
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invites the public to attend the open house and provide feedback regarding proposed Highway 14 corridor improvements located between Connie Road and Glinz Lake Road in Sooke, as well as improvements between Otter Point and Woodhaven Road near French Beach.
Highlights of the two projects include:
- widening and realigning a section of Highway 14 located generally between Glinz Lake Road and Connie Road;
- construction of a new intersection and park and ride facility at Gillespie Road; and
- construction of wider shoulders and paving approximately 11 kilometres of the highway between Otter Point Road and Woodhaven Road, west of Sooke.
Ministry Staff will be available to answer questions.
The drop-in style open house is scheduled for Tuesday December 3, 2019 from 5 to 8 pm in the Upper Commons Area at Edward Milne Community School, 6218 Sooke Road, Sooke.
Anyone unable to attend may provide feedback at www.gov.bc.ca/highway14
On April 23, 2019, the Province and Canada jointly announced a further $85.715 million (BC $55.482 million; Canada $30.233 million) in corridor improvements to the Highway 14 corridor.
For more information, the public may contact Darren Englund at 250-734-4819 or by email at highway14@gov.bc.ca