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By Mike Vanden Bosch

Vye Road overpass

Vye Road overpass at Hwy. 11 substantially completed: City of Abbotsford

Nov 27, 2023 | 1:33 PM

ABBOTSFORD — The City of Abbotsford announced Monday (Nov. 27) that the Vye Road overpass and Highway 11 widening project has been substantially completed ahead of a planned opening in less than two weeks.

According to a statement from the municipality, the $74.6 million project represents a partnership between the City of Abbotsford, Government of Canada, and province of British Columbia. Abbotsford funded $38.2 million, more than half of the project cost, while the province provided $27.6 million, and the federal government offered $8.3 million through the Building Canada Fund and $500,000 through the Rail Safety Improvement Program.

The Vye Road overpass is slated to fully open for public use on Friday, December 8.

As part of this project, the Nexus lane to the U.S. border was extended 1.3 kilometres to improve the flow of traffic to the border for families and commercial drivers. A two‐lane overpass over the Southern Rail and CP Rail lines was constructed on Vye Road to improve safety and reduce congestion at the existing crossing. These changes allow for improved access to local commercial developments between Highway 11 and Riverside Road, and provide an alternate route along the Vye Road/8th Avenue corridor, facilitating better access to both the Aldergrove and Huntington border crossings, the city wrote in a statement.

This project was first announced in 2013, followed by public consultation in 2014, and construction in 2020. In 2021, construction was temporarily halted due to archaeological findings on site that had to be addressed with care and registered with the Archaeology Branch within the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. Construction recommenced in January 2022, following the issuance of the required authorizations.

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“These upgrades to Highway 11 and Vye Road improve access to one of B.C.’s busiest border crossings and support international trade and our commercial trucking industry,” said Abbotsford mayor Ross Siemens. “The improvements also address local road and rail conflicts and provide improved access to some of Abbotsford’s larger commercial operations.”