Posted on: Friday, July 19, 2024
Highway 17 Closures
Keating Cross Road Overpass Project
Victoria to Swartz Bay
July 29 and August 7, 2024
Patricia Bay Highway (Hwy 17) between Victoria and Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island will be temporarily closed from Tanner Road to Island View Road due to the Keating Cross Road Overpass Project during the noted times on the following dates:
Scheduled Highway Closures
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Monday, |
Wednesday, |
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8:00 pm – 6:00 am |
10:00 pm – 6:00 am |
Customers looking to travel to or from Swartz Bay terminal during closure times will be impacted and should plan their travel accordingly. A detour will be in effect via Central Saanich Road. Customers should be prepared for a 15-20 minute delay as a result.
Those using transit to Swartz Bay are strongly advised to take earlier bus departures because of the detour. Additional information is available online at: https://alerts.bctransit.com/RouteAlertsDetail/45/70/724.
For more information, please check the Keating Cross Overpass Project website here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation-projects/other-transportation-projects/highway-17-keating-cross-overpass.
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December 10, 2020
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BC Ferries supports educational resources for students in Haida Gwaii and the Gulf Islands
VICTORIA – BC Ferries is supporting students in School District 50 – Haida Gwaii and School District 64 – Gulf Islands during the 2020/21 academic year to access Live It, an environmental education platform. The platform features content filmed and produced in British Columbia for students from K-12.“The impact of COVID-19 has made virtual learning more important than ever,” said Janet Carson, Vice President, Marketing and Customer Experience for BC Ferries. “Connecting students in Haida Gwaii and the Gulf Islands to Live It aligns with BC Ferries’ environmental stewardship initiatives and recognizes we live in one of the most beautiful places on earth and the need to preserve it for generations to come.”
Live It connects teachers and students to a digital library of educational resources in English and French that incorporate scientific and Indigenous worldviews. Through the Live It online portal, teachers and students can access presentations and embark on virtual field-trips to learn from leading experts. Live It works with trusted partners to curate quality resources that pair with recorded shows.
Through this partnership, students in Haida Gwaii and the Gulf Islands will have direct access to a variety of shows focussed on environmental topics in British Columbia, including wild fires, cetaceans, salmon runs, wolves, the Great Bear Rainforest and more. Since 2018, BC Ferries and Live It have successfully connected thousands of students in British Columbia to online environmental education.
BC Ferries is committed to reducing the company’s environmental footprint through continued investment in environmental stewardship. To view BC Ferries’ Clean Futures Plan, click here. For more information on Live It’s programming, click here.
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