Highway 5A

EDITORIAL – Sensors will do nothing to resolve the safety issues on Highway 5A

January 25, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE how installing sensors on Highway 5A a few miles north of Merritt to monitor the weight and size of transport trucks [Continue]

EDITORIAL – No shortage of things to complain about with local highways

August 30, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS HIGHWAYS are up for review and I’ll bet the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is going to get an earful. The focus is [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Yellowhead and 5A Highways both need serious attention

June 22, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE HAVE BEEN a couple of horrendous highway accidents in the past couple of weeks, including a triple fatality on the Yellowhead. Such [Continue]

Letter — Close call shows Highway 5A problems not solved yet

January 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Minister Stone: This afternoon (Jan. 2, 2015) at 1:30 p.m. as I was returning north on Highway 5A, on a sharp curve just past the houses overlooking Napier Lake at the south [Continue]

New Highway 5A pullout another safety improvement, says Stone

July 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — A $950,000 pullout will improve safety on Highway 5A, says the Transportation Ministery. The southbound pullout, 12 km. south of Kamloops, has been in use since May [Continue]