Phase two of Cottonwood Hill Highway 97 project starts this summer – Journal Of Commerce

QUESNEL, B.C. – Phase two of the Cottonwood Hill project on Highway 97, part of the Cariboo Road recovery projects, is set to begin this summer.

Enviro-ex Contracting Ltd. was awarded a $12.6-million contract to realign a section of Highway 97 at Cottonwood Hill 18 kilometres north of Quesnel and remove material from the top of the slide, a release said.

The work, aimed to be completed by summer 2025, is part of a three-phase project to stabilize the road on the historic landslide site.

The Cariboo was hit by hundreds of landslides and road washouts in 2020 and 2021, and the Cariboo Road recovery projects are restoring access where feasible, the release said.

More information on the Cottonwood Hill project is available here.