Exit 367 off ramp from TransCanada Highway leading to Pacific Way turnoff/via Google Street View

Starting Saturday, the city will be expanding the westbound Highway 1 off-ramp at Pacific Way by adding a second westbound left-turn lane.

The dual left turn project at exit 367, located on a Ministry of Transportation and Transit right-of-way, will increase intersection capacity and improve safety by lessening traffic queue backup onto Highway 1.

Project Coordinator Adam Gordon says unfortunately it needs to entirely close off that ramp in order to make the additional left hand turn lane. “So for the duration of construction, we just ask that motorists and business owners and residents up in Aberdeen and Dufferin and the like, please calmly, follow our instructions and signage will look to be done in as quick a manner as we can so that we can get traffic resuming normally.”

“I will advise that the Hillside Way exits and the Copperhead exits will be unimpacted so those will be your alternates for getting off the highway going westbound.”

Gordon says during the project, there will be noticeable impacts on residents, businesses, commuters, and visitors along the Pacific Way corridor. He adds that the March 15th start date was chosen because it lines up with the SD73 spring break schedule, when traffic activity tends to decrease.

Following the full off-ramp closure and until the end of the project, the ramp will partially reopen with some restricted movements as the construction crew moves through the project.

Gordon says the Pacific Way Double Left project is scheduled to be completed before the end of June.

This project was identified in 2015 as part of the traffic impact assessment study submitted for relocating the former Lake City Casino at 540 Victoria Street to its current location of Cascades Casino at 1555 Versatile Drive. At that time, a second left-turn lane on the westbound off-ramp was determined as a necessary improvement to accommodate future increased traffic volumes.

Visit LetsTalk.Kamloops.ca/PacWayHwy1 to learn more about the project.