Evacuation routes, Highway 9, and a new trail: a transport wishlist from Chilliwack, Hope, Agassiz & Harrison

It takes a lot to get Harrison Hot Springs council to unanimously agree on anything. It takes an even more serious situation to get a councillor from one side of Harrison’s political divide to thank an opposing council member.

But Rockwell Drive will do that. This week, Harrison’s council unanimously voted to ask the province to post warning signs, remove a chunk of mountainside, and reinforce the Harrison lakeshore to address safety concerns on the narrow road.

The need for road improvements wasn’t just raised at last week’s council meeting. The road also features among two dozen other priority transportation improvements cited in the Fraser Valley Regional District’s new regional growth strategy. Rockwell Drive is joined there by an array of other projects where safety concerns dominate—including two Fraser River crossings and a pair of one-way-out emergency corridors.

Yesterday, we looked at eight projects identified in the growth strategy and located in Abbotsford and Mission. Today, we look at those further east in the Fraser Valley.

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