September 28, 2011
Keeping an Eye on Safety

FALKLAND – A new web camera near Falkland is now live on the Province’s DriveBC website, providing real-time coverage of highway conditions in the area and helping motorists plan a safe journey. The web camera is located on Hwy 97 at Silvernails Road near Falkland, looking southeast: http://prd.images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/html/www/230.html

Why This Matters:

• So motorists can “Know Before You Go” the Province is adding 30 new web cameras to its DriveBC network this year. Priority for new web cameras is given to routes prone to extreme weather or traffic congestion, and for sites where there is not already a nearby webcam.
• Rapidly-changing weather conditions make this a prime location for a webcam.
• This will bring the total number of web images available on DriveBC to over 200 by the end of the year.

Quotes:

“Winter weather is coming to rural roads and highways across the province. DriveBC webcams help people plan ahead and prepare, which in turn helps ensure a safer trip.”
-Shuswap MLA George Abbott

Additional Info:

DriveBC is the Province of B.C.’s most popular website. It provides timely road condition updates, travel advisories, road closure information for provincial highways, weather information and other important links to the travelling public, to help ensure easier, safer trips.

The Province launched the DriveBC website in 2005.

DriveBC received an average of 2.9 million visits per month in 2010.

Learn More:

View current webcam images on DriveBC at: www.drivebc.ca

Get DriveBC updates on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/drivebc

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