After five years of delays and millions of dollars over budget, the end of the Kennedy Hill upgrade project along Highway 4 leading to the communities of Tofino and Ucluelet is finally nearing completion.
After years of closures and single-lane alternating traffic, construction of the 1.5 kilometre stretch of highway has reached a point where two-way traffic has resumed.
"That was a particularly difficult project. I think a lot of people knew that, but I'm not sure [the province] did when they started," said Ryan Wackett, owner of freight and delivery company West Coast Connect. Wackett, says the construction delays and stoppages greatly added to the 10 hour days his drivers already had."I think what they were dealing with here was the unknown elements, the rainforest, the amount of rains we get, and how much that can hinder things," he said.
Tyler Forsyth is a driller and blaster. While he didn't work on the highway project, he says he understands the complexity of upgrading the highway that sits on a cliff high above Kennedy Lake.
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