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I just received an answer to an email I sent to the Ministry of Transportation 2 months ago, some of which I will share here.

" I appreciate the effort you have made to document your concerns. Please be assured my ministry takes its commitment to the safety of our

transportation network very seriously. The performance of our
maintenance contractors is an integral part of this commitment, and
ministry staff regularly audit and evaluate their performance to ensure
they are meeting our standards and work with them to quickly address any
maintenance issues that arise."  The significance of this statement is: maybe some one is really looking at this, albeit with a little prodding.

"
Ministry staff have reviewed your concerns about washboards and culverts
and advise me Interior Roads Ltd., the maintenance contractor
responsible for roads in the Horsefly area, have been undertaking
ongoing repair to the infrastructure in this area. Since 2007, extensive
ditching has been done on Bells Lake Road and 108 Mile Road, and
gravelling work has been done on 108 Mile, Bells Lake, Black Creek,
Lowden, Millar and Horsefly Lake roads. In addition, $1 million has been
invested in the resurfacing of an additional 10 kilometres of Horsefly
Lake Road this year" It is good to see that there is some further work going to be done on these roads. We all realize this, however it is not that work is going to be done but the quality of the work as well as,in some cases, why (?). See my last post on the installation of culverts on Bells Lake Road.

The next bit is of significance and should be noted by everyone in this area:

If you have questions about these improvements, please don't hesitate to
contact Nick Antifaeff, Area Manager of Roads for my ministry's Cariboo
District.  He can be reached at 250 398-4520 or by e-mail at
Nick.Antifaeff@gov.bc.ca.

There is more in this email which I will share in another post with comments