A Big White Ski Resort official is happy the Coquihalla is getting safety upgrades.
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At the beginning of April, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced it would be to make highways safer. These measures include stricter vehicle chain up requirements and fines, investing $1.8 million over the next three years for additional weather stations and road condition signs, enhanced road-maintenance contractor monitoring and auditing and extending winter tire and chain regulations on select highways.
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