Significant construction has begun on more that 157 kilometres of highway on Vancouver Island.
The province says the project will renew driving surfaces to improve traffic and the movement of goods.
About 50 kilometres are being repaved on Highway 19 from the Cedar flyover to Superior Road, near Nanaimo. That $3.3-million contract was awarded to ARC Asphalt Recycling. Work is expected to wrap by Sept. 30. Meanwhile, several other smaller resurfacing projects will be happening during the spring and summer months:
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