Stuart Nechako Natural Resource District road safety information

2026 Close Proximity Bridge Inspections

The Ministry of Forests conducts Close Proximity Bridge Inspections of its major and high-risk bridges on variable cycles. Inspections provide detailed documentation to allow inspectors to review every component of a bridge. Road users can expect delays of no longer than 30 minutes. .
For more information read the 2026 North Area flyer and schedule (PDF, 785KB)

On this page

• Road notices and warnings
• Road closures and restrictions
• Work in progress / upcoming works
• Bridge / structure inspections
• Large district maps

Road notices and warnings

Road closures and restrictions

Road Restriction Notice (June 2, 2026)
The attached road restriction notice became effective as of June 2, 2026 at 12:00:01am. Read the notice (PDF, 255KB)

Road Restriction Notice (April 14, 2026)
The attached road restriction notice became effective as of April 13, 2026 at 12:00:01am. Read the notice (PDF, 190KB)

Bobtail Tatuk FSR 1771.03 (November 2, 2023)
Bobtail Tatuk Forest Service Road is closed is at 23.5km. Bridge was damaged from wildfire and has been downrated to 0 Tonne. Bridge not safe for vehicular traffic and the road will remain closed for the foreseeable future until a new bridge can be installed.

Work in progress / upcoming works

Driftwood FSR 7822.01 - 15km Notice (Summer 2026) Updated June 2026
The Driftwood forest service road will be realignment from 15.1km to 16.7km commencing in Summer 2026. For more information, please read the project information flyer (PDF, 405KB)

Upper Driftwood Deactivation Project – 82 to 86 km (Summer 2026) 
To improve road user safety, the Stuart Nechako District is planning to deactivate a section of the Driftwood FSR that has been bypassed by new road construction. This work is proposed for the summer of 2026.  For more information, please read the project information flyer (PDF, 1.1MB)

Bridge / structure inspections

READ ME Important Structure Inspections and Map Information (PDF, 159KB)

Most recent Stuart Nechako Structure inspections
Stuart Nechako Structure Inspections - April 2026 (PDF, 4.7MB)

Location Maps (PDFs, 2-4MB):

Large district maps

Note: these maps can be slow to load.

• Vanderhoof: Road Radio Frequencies map (Spatially referenced) (PDF 6.33 MB)
• Fort St James: Road Radio Frequency Map (Spatially referenced) (PDF 3.67 MB)

Additional Radio Channel information and all district maps