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The Fraser Valley
Highway 1 Corridor
Improvement Program
will eventually see the
highway expanded
through the Sumas
Prairie in Abbotsford
toward Chilliwack.
Procurement for the $2.65-billion fourth major phase of the Fraser Valley Highway 1 Corridor Improvement Program will begin in 2025.
THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA announced signi昀椀cant new
funding to widen and improve Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley.
New funding of $2.65 billion has been approved for upgrades to Highway 1 between Mount Lehman Road and
Highway 11 in Abbotsford. This builds on the $2.34-billion
provincial funding approved in fall 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.
“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 tra昀케c and more
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time with their families,” said Premier David Eby.
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.
“We’re focusing on improvements to the highway through
widening to accommodate sustainable transportation and
better, more accessible interchanges to make it easier and
quicker for people to get where they need to go,” said Dan
Coulter, Minister of State for Infrastructure and Transit.
New interchanges will be constructed at 232nd Street,
264th Street, Mount Lehman Road and Highway 11 to improve community connections, along with high-occupancy
vehicle (HOV and bus-on-shoulder lanes.
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BC MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
B.C. FUNDING $2.65 BILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS
TO HIGHWAY 1 IN ABBOTSFORD
