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Highway 1 - Ford Road to Tappen Valley Road

Last updated on December 23, 2025

Photograph of Ford to Tappen project

The Trans Canada Highway 1 Ford Road to Tappen Valley Road Four-Laning project will upgrade approximately 4.3 km of the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) and replace the Tappen Overhead bridge. The western limit of the project begins at Ford Road and extends through to its terminus 400 metres east of Tappen Valley Road.

Project improvements include:

  • A new east bound commercial carrier pullout
  • New frontage road system to provide safer access to the highway
  • Modified protected T-intersection at Tappen Valley Road
  • Installation of median barrier

Notice of work

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The project does not have any planned road closures from December 19, 2025 to March 1, 2026.

Status

  • In construction
    • On site Contractor: Emil Anderson Construction (EAC)

Schedule

  • Construction started: October 4, 2023
  • Scheduled completion: October 31, 2026
  • Highway 1 and the surrounding frontage roads from Ford Road to Tappen Valley Road are now open and operating at full design speeds 
  • Construction will resume in Spring 2026

Project benefits

  • Improve safety, capacity and movement of goods and services
  • Provide safer access to local roads for residents, commercial vehicles, tourists and travellers
  • Reduce travel times during peak travel periods
  • Wider shoulders and new frontage road system to support cyclists, pedestrians, and people using other modes of active transportation

Project cost

The total project cost is estimated at $243 million. This includes up to $82.1 million from the Government of Canada under the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component of the New Building Canada Fund.

Public consultation

Project concept

 

Ford To Tappen Flyover Eastbound 2021

Project photos

Project map

Highway 1 - Ford Road to Tappen Valley Road Project Map

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News releases

Indigenous acknowledgement

We are committed to work with indigenous partners Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw (Skwlāx) located on the northeast shore of Little Shuswap Lake

 

Contact information

Friendly url for this page:
gov.bc.ca/bchwy1-ford-tappen

For more information about the project, contact:

Reid Drummond
Project Manager

Phone
250-299-1494
Email
FordToTappen@gov.bc.ca