Yoho National Park is getting an additional $11 million.
The money, announced last week, will go toward rehabilitation of two bridges on the Trans-Canada Highway, improvement to front-country campgrounds and upgrades to the popular Emerald Lake and Natural Bridge day use areas.
It brings the total to $97 million in recent federal government funding announcements for various projects in Yoho. Part of that includes $85.9 million to twin six kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway in Yoho.
Now underway, the project begins at the Alberta/British Columbia border and extends west. Wildlife mitigations in the section of the highway include one wildlife overpass, three wildlife underpasses and highway wildlife fencing.
In addition, a Remote Avalanche Control System (RACS) will be installed on Mount Bosworth near the British Columbia/Alberta border to reduce the risk of avalanches affecting the highway.
“Upgrading this 6 km section of the Trans-Canada Highway in Yoho National Park will benefit motorists and wildlife, and improve the flow of goods and services on Canada’s national highway,” said Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna in a news release.
