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PERIMTER HIGHWAY
The

soil settlement around the utility crossing on Highway 17 by the Port Mann
Bridge is being actively monitored.
The concessionaire for Highway 17, the Fraser Transportation Group (FTG)
group, will be developing design options for a longer term strategy to fix this
area after they finish collecting all data later this spring.
In the meantime, advisory bump and speed warning signs, and speed reader
boards have been installed to warn drivers to slow down and use caution over
this section of road.
This is an interim measure as a more robust plan to repair the pavement on
Highway 17 in this area is being developed.
Soil settlement under roads is not unusual it happens from time to time with
any large major road building project.
Is the ground/ soil sinking?
Uneven

sections of roadway are the result of soil settlement along the highway
and are repaired as needed.
There is no risk to the travelling public.
The concessionaire and staff are continually monitoring Highway 17 to ensure it
remains safe and efficient for the movement of people and goods in the Lower
Mainland.
That includes addressing and repairing uneven sections of the highway.
In June 2015, work was completed on the westbound and eastbound lanes of
this utility crossing area. And more work was done on the westbound lanes in
this area last November.
Advisory bump and speed warning signs, and speed reader boards have been
installed to warn drivers to slow down and use caution over this section of
road.
The concessionaire for Highway 17, the FTG group, will continue to actively
monitor this roadway and will be developing design options for the longer term,
more robust strategy to smooth out this section of road once the data indicates
settlement rate has decreased.