Dozens protest Malahat Highway widening amid salmon concerns

A proposed highway expansion is being met by protestors who say widening the Malahat would interfere with the surrounding salmon population.

“To see the devastation they’re going to be causing to the stream is not acceptable,” Olsen told CHEK News.proposed safety improvements to Highway 1 to create safer travel between south and north Vancouver Island. With more than 25,000 daily commuters on that road, the government wants to improve safety conditions to reduce road closures, especially from crashes.

However, building it would involve having some of that structure stretch onto the Goldstream River, which is concerning dozens of people over the wildlife. Elder Diane Sam, who’s part of the University of Victoria’s Elders Voice group, says the government should pause the project to allow time for public reconsultation.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.“When incidents like this happen, [the government] should pause and re-engage. In this situation, there was no proper consultation,” said Sam.

It needs to happen, and I’m sure it can be done with limited disturbances to the waterway.

Don’t worry once the over due tsunami 🌊 hits there won’t be need to widen it.

So. No rail, no road widening, no alternate route. Now what?

This is excellent....we need this highway widened.

Something needs to be done. It's a dangerous bottle neck getting out/in Victoria.

Solidarity with these fine people. No more highway widening

Go back to your caves!

They (CRD) lied, stating the Niagara Main was in the drinking watershed to block the bypass route being built. It isn't. Widening the hwy through Goldstream Park is the result. Unintended consequences (that were entirely predictable for anyone rational).

Why not just expand 4 lanes, push the traffic though.

Curious to know where Olsen got the number of trees to be cut down to be between 700 and 800. But looking at the projects own PDF cover image - I can see its likely.

BC Govt said no to alternate routes - the end result is this. Govt also failing to produce result of public consultation after collecting it over 2 years ago.

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