Improved cell service is coming to B.C. highways 95 and 97 as investments from the Connecting B.C. program continue to help people throughout the province.
Rogers is set to receive up to $5.47 million from the Connecting B.C. program toward the estimated $6.4-million cost of filling in cellular gaps along 68 kilometres of Highway 97 between Chetwynd and the Highway 39 junction. The route also includes the Pine Pass, which is a sparsely populated area prone to avalanche conditions. Cell service will also be made available at the West Pine rest area and the Powder King Mountain Resort.
The Connecting B.C. program was expanded in September 2020 as part of StrongerBC.
they didn’t even start the gaps from prince rupert to prince george yet