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British Columbia Dawson Road Maintenance

Dawson Road Maintenance is committed to staying in touch with the people and organizations who live in our communities and depend on our roads for personal and professional reasons. We want to share with everyone news about important news, weather events, maintenance and other kinds of disruptions that have the potential to impact on our ability to travel.

As well, we will share information here about ways you can travel safer, including Shift Into Winter and Cone Zone messages designed to protect all who are on the roads including work crews. Stay in touch with this page for regular updates from our operational staff about events and sign up below to receive updates by email subscription service.

DRM crews assisted in badger rehabilitation project

Highways are a dangerous place for not only humans, but for a lot of animals as well. Dawson Road Maintenance (DRM) just wrapped up a culvert cleaning program that was designed to make highways safer for motorists, local badgers and other small wildlife along Highway 97 in Servi

Pat Gunderson protects SA 17 from heavy rain and snowfall

Little did Pat Gunderson’s father know at the time, when he told his son that he was going to report him to the Employment Insurance (EI) office, that he was setting him up for a long and successful career in road maintenance in Service Area 17. In the mid-90s, Gunderson wa

Are you ready to Shift into Winter?

The annual Shift into Winter campaign, which begins Oct. 1, aims to reduce this risk by reminding British Columbians to prepare now and plan ahead for winter driving. As a member of the Winter Driving Safety Alliance, Dawson Road Maintenance encourages you and your fam

Dawson Road Maintenance crews respond swiftly and safely to Babine Lake Road washout

Creativity and having a history of great relationships allowed the Smithers and Fort St. John’s Dawson Road Maintenance crews to replace an old, wooden culvert with a sturdy new bridge on Babine Lake Road. Little Joe Creek runs underneath a section of Babine Lake Road rough

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