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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.

Privatization of highways opened new doors for Larry Nelson

The decision for the Province of B.C. and their Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) to privatize the work done on highways and bridges in 1988 changed the career of one employee, while providing the groundwork for Dawson Group to enter the highway and bridge mai

Dawson Group Marks 100 Years of Building B.C., Alberta and Northern History

KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Dawson Group, the family of construction companies that helped shape the face of western and northern Canada, turns 100 years old. The milestone anniversary marks a moment in the public infrastructure history of British Columbia, northern Canada an

ProntoForms is simplifying work on the road

The timeless cliché that says, “you cannot teach an old foreman new tricks,” simply does not apply to Dawson Road Maintenance (DRM). For the first several decades of road maintenance operations in B.C., everything was done with pencil and paper. Technology took an astoun

Local mechanic volunteers time to keep Lillooet firetrucks in check

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear coveralls. In order for the Lillooet Fire Department (LFD) trucks to be ready to go whenever the call of duty comes in, they need to be kept in tip-top shape for the safety of everyone involved. That’s where Dan Storkan comes in. Sto

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