Phase One of the work to improve highway stability at Ten Mile Slide near Lillooet wrapped up earlier this month.

Around 40 soil anchors were put into the mountain, in addition to the 30 in 2017.

Lillooet Mayor Peter Busse says now they wait.

“It’s looking pretty good but then they require a geo-tech study and report over the next few weeks or month to see if the movement has slowed down enough and then determine if there’s any ability to increase the load capacity on the highway,” he said.

“It all seems to be going well.”

Like all project stakeholders, Busse hopes the work will hold this time around.

“I mean in this phase they’ve spent some time to make sure the surface water runoff is there because it’s been always difficult to control that and hold that in terms of the ditches,” he added. “The new few weeks to a month will tell.”

The government is spending $60-million to find a long-term solution on Highway 99, which is the main connector between Lillooet and Kamloops.

The final stage of the project is expected to go to tender in a month or so, with the work beginning in May or June, and wrapping up in 2020.

(Photo via Peter Busse)