Project status: Completed
Resulting from Phase I of the study, construction was completed on a new commercial vehicle staging area off B.C. Highway 11. The B.C. Ministry of Transportation worked closely with Canada Border Services Agency, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, the City of Abbotsford, and the Huntingdon Duty Free store to align the new staging area.
The project was located in Abbotsford, BC.
The new staging area includes parking space for trucks to eliminate long southbound queues caused by commercial vehicles parked in the roadway. It also realigns the commercial vehicle entry into the U.S. port-of-entry, separating commercial and passenger vehicles at the intersection of B.C. Highway 11 and 4th Avenue.
The project cost $1,780,000 (USD). Funding partners included:
U.S. Federal Highway Administration
WA State Department of Transportation
City of Sumas
Contact Hugh Conroy, Director, Whatcom Council of Governments by email or phone (360-685-8382).