New highway webcams added in Shuswap and Similkameen

The BC Ministry of Transportation has added new webcams to help drivers to get better views of traffic and weather conditions when planning trips in the province.

There will be 11 new cameras offering 27 new views to the DriveBC camera network, according to a ministry media release issued today, Dec. 28. Ministry crews decided on the new camera locations based on resident, contractor and weather expert needs.

The new cameras will include views from the Adams Lake ferry landing, 80 kilometres northeast of Kamloops and 50 km northwest of Salmon Arm, and on Highway 3 at the Allison Pass south of Princeton.

Cameras have also been added at the Ucluelet-Tofino Highway junction on Highway 4, at Steamboat on Highways 3 and 93, on Highway 1 at the Vedder River Bridge and Highway 5 right by Highway 24 in Little Fort.

With these new cameras, DriveBC now has a network of 496 cameras allowing 1,013 views of current road conditions.

Many of the cameras are pan-tilt-zoom cameras which offer a myriad of views from a single position. In the Lower Mainland, many of the intersection cameras provide four or more views from one camera.

DriveBC provides information about weather, road and traffic conditions as well as providing links to information on border delays, inland ferries, ongoing construction projects and tips on safe driving in the winter.

Visit the DriveBC website here.

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