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$2.65 billion in upgrades coming to British Columbia’s Highway 1

ABBOTSFORD, BC – The British Columbia government has announced $2.65 billion in funding for upgrades to Highway 1 between Mount Lehman Road and Highway 11 in Abbotsford.

“To make life better for people in the fast-growing Fraser Valley, our government is building the homes, schools, hospitals and highways families need,” said Premier David Eby. “By improving Highway 1, we’ll keep goods moving smoothly and help people get to work and back home faster, so they can spend less time stuck in traffic and more time with their families.”

This funding is on top of $2.34 billion approved in the fall of 2023 for upgrades between 264th Street and Mount Lehman Road. The Fraser Valley Highway 1 Corridor Improvement Program will eventually see the highway expanded through the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford toward Chilliwack.

Along the 28-kilometre stretch of Highway 1 between 216th Street and Abbotsford, overpasses at Peardonville Road, Bradner Road and the CPKC rail overhead will be rebuilt to improve the height clearance for commercial vehicles. New interchanges will be constructed at 232nd Street, 264th Street, Mount Lehman Road and Highway 11. Along the length of this section of highway there will be high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) and while in some sections there will also be bus-on-shoulder lanes

Major construction will begin on the $2.34-billion section between 264th Street and Mount Lehman Road in 2024, with completion of the fourth major phase expected in 2029.

Procurement for the $2.65-billion improvements to Highway 1 between Mt. Lehman Road and Highway 11 – the fourth major phase – will begin in 2025. Major construction will start in 2026, with completion in 2031.