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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.

Reducing snowbanks south of Hannah Pass

DRM is working to reduce snowbanks on the south side of Hannah Pass and onwards towards the Meziadin Junction on Highway 37. Our crews have been working from Meziadin Junction toward the south side of the pass widening lanes with our snow blower, grader and plow trucks. We have

Work to widen Highway 37 after massive snowfalls continues

UPDATE — The work of clearing significant volumes of snowfall from Highway 37 between Meziadin Junction and Deltaic Creek continues today, and we hope to see the route widened by February 1. The extreme snowfall over the last few weeks has made the work of clearing the high

Drive for the Conditions

Snow and ice push our driving skills to the limit. Do you know how to drive properly in winter conditions? The following tips could save you from problems when you are out on the road: Maintain a safe following distance. The posted speed is the maximum speed under ideal

How to Travel Safe Around Snowplows

Snowplow operators are on the road day and night, making sure everyone’s winter drive is safer. Clearing snow and laying down de-icers and winter abrasives requires the operators to reduce their speed. In order to operate safely, snowplow operators need fellow drivers to be ex

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