Police responded to the most recent overpass fail last Thursday after a vehicle carrying a piece of heavy equipment struck the 112 Street overpass on Highway 99 in Delta, damaging the machinery and infrastructure, and delaying traffic. And according to the Ministry of Transportation, this is the ninth time accidents involving too-tall commercial vehicles and Southern B.C. highway underpasses have occurred in the last 12 months.
Repairs for another collision that took place on the 232nd Street overpass in June, meanwhile, are estimated to cost $1 million.The B.C. the Ministry of Transportation says it has “increased its Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement patrols with an emphasis on enforcing height restrictions,” meaning there will now be more inspectors out looking for vehicles carrying loads that don’t measure up to the roads they’re operating on.