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Highway 99 work to intensify in Squamish this winter

The presence of Highway 99 improvements will heighten within Squamish over the next few months, but commuters will feel less of an impact with a reduction of scheduled delays, according to Sea to Sky Improvements executive director Peter Milburn.

The presence of Highway 99 improvements will heighten within Squamish over the next few months, but commuters will feel less of an impact with a reduction of scheduled delays, according to Sea to Sky Improvements executive director Peter Milburn.

No highway closures are scheduled from Friday (Dec. 1) to the end of February. Any delays travelers may encounter will be limited to five minutes during the day and 15 minutes between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

"We get some very high travel peaks in the winter, particularly around some of the holiday periods when you get folks travelling for recreation," said Milburn.

"We tried to work our traffic schedules to both accommodate and, of course, volume."

While highway travelers will be less inconvenienced, residents driving within Squamish's urban portion of the highway may feel the increased construction activity.

"There's actually a fair amount of work going on at different locations right now in Squamish," said Milburn.

Piles are currently being installed at Mamquam Bridge and the Mashiter Creek spawning channel is receiving a box culvert to be used as a passageway for fish. Pre-loaded highway shoulders will be paved over and residents will also notice extensive culvert work as well as trenching, widening and back filling along the urban portion of the highway corridor.

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