Seasonal load restrictions in effect for Southern B.C.
By Nelson Daily Staff
Drivers of commercial vehicles are advised that load restrictions are now in place on various provincial routes in Southern British Columbia.
Highways are particularly vulnerable to damage when they begin to thaw, and load restrictions are put in place to reduce that damage.
With load restrictions in place, drivers of long-haul transports, logging trucks and trucks that carry heavy equipment are required to reduce loads they would normally carry on a route. They can also choose alternate roads with no load restrictions, where available.
Drivers should look for white signs posted on the route advising of seasonal load limits for the area. Drivers who do not obey seasonal load restrictions are subject to a $365 fine.
Detailed information on load restrictions, presented geographically, is available on the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s websites. This information is updated daily. Details are also available at all Commercial Vehicle Inspection Stations.
Load restrictions are usually in place for about six to eight weeks in the spring to protect B.C.’s road system. This saves taxpayers $50 million annually in additional maintenance costs. The Province will spend almost $150 million in 2011-12 on road rehabilitation.
Resources
For more information on why the ministry uses load restrictions to prevent road damage, visit the ministry’s website at: http://www.tranbc.ca
Details on highways with seasonal load restrictions in effect are available at:
http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/loadrestrictions/loadrestrictions.htm
Check current highway conditions on DriveBC at: www.drivebc.ca
Load restrictions in Central Kootenay area
Includes Nelson, Creston, Salmo, Kaslo, Riondel, New Denver, Nakusp, Slocan, Edgewood, Meadow Creek
• All provincial numbered routes, paved or gravel (100 per cent legal axle loading as listed below).
Highways 3, 3A, 6, 21, 23, 31, 31A
• Side roads – 100 per cent legal axle loading as listed below
1. 32ND AVE.(CRESTON)
2. 33RD AVE. (FROM HIGHWAY #3 TO CRESTON/ERICKSON ROAD)
3. 35TH AVE. (FROM ERICKSON ROAD TO CPR RIGHT-OF-WAY)
4. 40TH STREET (FROM HIGHWAY #21 TO RIVERVIEW ROAD)
5. AIRPORT ROAD (FROM BELMOND ROAD TO SHEEP CREEK ROAD)
6. ARROW PARK ROAD
7. ARROWSMITH ROAD
8. BATHIE ROAD
9. BELLMOND ROAD
10. BONANZA CREEK ROAD ( HILLS )
11. COOPER CREEK/ARGENTA ROAD
12. CRAWFORD CREEK (FROM HIGHWAY #3A TO HEDSTROM ROAD)
13. CRESTON-ERICKSON ROAD
14. DAVIS ROAD
15. DUCK CREEK SOUTH ROAD
16. DUCK LAKE ROAD SOUTH (FROM LOWER WYNNDEL ROAD TO WINLAW ROAD)
17. ELSIE HOLMES ROAD
18. EMERALD ROAD
19. GIFFEN ROAD
20. GOAT RIVER SOUTH ROAD
21. GRAVEL PIT ROAD
22. HANSON ROAD
23. HURRY ROAD
24. INONOAKLIN VALLEY ROAD
25. KOOTENAY RIVER ROAD (FROM END OF ROAD TO SPEERS ROAD)
26. LAKEVIEW ARROW CREEK ROAD (FROM HIGHWAY #3 TO WENGER ROAD AND FROM BIG BEAR ROAD TO HIGHWAY #3A)
27. LEADVILLE ROAD (FROM CRYSTAL ROAD TO ITS CONNECTION TO GOAT RIVER FSR)
28. MCLAUCHLIN ROAD
29. NICK’S ISLAND ROAD (HIGHWAY #3 TO WEST CRESTON ROAD)
30. OSACHOFF ROAD
31. PEND D’OREILLE ROAD
32. PORCUPINE CREEK ROAD
33. RECLAMATION ROAD (FROM WEST CRESTON ROAD TO DODGE CREEK FSR)
34. RED MOUNTAIN ROAD (HWY 6 TO ANDERSON PIT)
35. RIONDEL ROAD (FROM HIGHWAY #3A TO ASPEN ROAD)
36. ROSEBERY ROAD
37. ROTTER ROAD
38. SANDON ROAD
39. SHEEP CREEK ROAD
40. SLOCAN WEST ROAD
41. SPEERS ROAD
42. URI ROAD
43. WENGER ROAD (FROM LAKEVIEW ARROW CREEK ROAD TO LEPITZKI PIT)
44. WEST CRESTON ROAD (NICK’S ISLAND ROAD TO RECLAMATION ROAD)
45. WHATSHAN LAKE ROAD (FROM WHATSHAN FSR TO NEEDLES HAUL ROAD)
46. WHATSHAN SETTLEMENT ROAD (FROM SUBSTATION TO NEDLES HAUL ROAD)
47. WILSON CREEK ROAD # 3284
48. WILSON LAKE ROAD
49. WILDHORSE ROAD
50. YMIR FIRST AVENUE
• 70 per cent legal axle loading on all paved remaining side roads including:
1. FORTY-NINE CR. EAST ROAD
2. PASS CREEK ROAD
• 50 per cent legal axle loading on all remaining gravel side roads including:
1. PETERS ROAD – CRAWFORD BAY
2. RECLAMATION ROAD – CRESTON (FROM GRANARY ROAD SOUTHERLY TO THE END OF THE ROAD)
