Overpass Hit

• B.C. announces high fines, jail time for commercial truck drivers who hit overpasses

  The proposed changes to the Commercial Transport Act (CTA) will enable the courts to impose fines for as much as $100,000, and imprisonment up to 18 months.

  Politics

  Mar 12
  
• Probe launched after overheight truck believed to have scraped Metro Vancouver overpass

  Officials with B.C.'s Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement team caught up with the truck and pulled it over just past the Brunette Overpass in Coquitlam.

  Traffic

  Jan 16
  
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• B.C. suspends company’s fleet after yet another truck hits yet another overpass

  Highway 99 was closed southbound at the 112 Street overpass on Thursday after a truck struck an overpass.

  Crime

  Dec 28, 2023
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• Truck vs. overpass: B.C. cracking down on crashes with fines, suspensions, speed limiters

  The move comes after dozens of collisions involving commercial vehicles and overpasses in the Lower Mainland in the last three years. 

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2023
• Repairs on Delta’s damaged Hwy 17A overpass delayed amid community pushback

  The Highway 17A overpass was damaged  on July 18, when it was hit by an over-height truck, on Highway 99 snarling traffic in the area.

  Politics

  Nov 9, 2023
• Police close file without identifying North Vancouver overpass hit-and-run driver

  More than a month after a truck smashed into a North Vancouver overpass, RCMP have closed the file without identifying the hit-and-run driver.

  Crime

  Oct 24, 2023
• Truck hits overpass on Highway 1 in North Vancouver

  A key traffic route has been closed after a truck hit an overpass on highway one in North Vancouver, and there is no timeline on when it will reopen.

  Traffic

  Sep 20, 2023
• Truck with oversized load hits Delta overpass on Highway 99, snarling traffic

  Drivers were being urged to use Highway 91 and the Alex Fraser Bridge if heading from Richmond to Delta, after a truck with an oversized load struck a Highway 99 overpass.

  Traffic

  Jul 18, 2023
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• Commuter chaos in the Fraser Valley after 2 trucks strike different overpasses

  Between December 2021 and March 2023, there have been 15 overpasses hit in the Lower Mainland, mainly due to overheight vehicles.

  Traffic

  May 29, 2023
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• B.C. trucking company involved in multiple highway overpass strikes denies safety concerns

  Transportation Minister Rob Fleming said Tuesday that his ministry is very concerned about protecting the integrity of the province's highways and overpasses.

  Traffic

  May 2, 2023