The Highway 1 expansion project will eventually include the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford toward Chilliwack.
In an announcement on Wednesday, Premier David Eby said that new funding of $2.65 billion will upgrade Highway 1 between Mount Lehman Road and Highway 11 in Abbotsford, which builds on the $2.34-billion provincial funding approved in fall 2023 for upgrades between 264th Street and Mount Lehman Road.
“By improving Highway 1, we’ll keep goods moving smoothly and help people get to work and back home faster, so they can spend less time stuck in traffic and more time with their families,” Eby said.
In addition to the highway changes, overpasses at Peardonville Road, Bradner Road and the CPKC rail overhead will be rebuilt to improve the height clearance for commercial vehicles.
The Glover Road crossing has already been completed.
New interchanges will also be constructed at 232nd Street, 264th Street, Mount Lehman Road and Highway 11 to improve community connections, and to make travel by walking or bike safer and more accessible.
The province said there will also be HOV lanes along the length of this section of highway and bus-on-shoulder lanes in some sections.
Major construction will begin on the $2.34-billion section between 264th Street and Mount Lehman Road in 2024, with completion of the fourth major phase expected in 2029.
Improvements to Highway 1 between Mt. Lehman Road and Highway 11 are expected to begin in 2025. Major construction will start in 2026, with completion in 2031, according to the province.