Traffic control in the Lower Mainland
Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley carry the densest traffic in British Columbia, and the most permitting authorities to go with it. Quickstop works across the region — highway, arterial, and residential.
Why the Lower Mainland is different
Every municipality in Metro Vancouver runs its own road use permitting, with its own submission process, lead times, and conditions. A plan approved in Surrey is not a plan approved in Vancouver, and work that crosses a boundary needs both.
Traffic volume also removes the easy options. Full closures on arterials are rarely approved during peak hours, which pushes a lot of work to nights and weekends and makes the traffic management plan — not the crew size — the thing that determines whether a job runs on schedule.
Permitting
Provincial highways fall under the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Everything else is municipal, and each city issues its own road use permit.
Frequently asked
Yes — from Vancouver and the North Shore through Surrey, Langley, and out into the Fraser Valley. Send us the site address and we'll confirm.
It depends on whose road it is. Provincial highways go through the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure; city streets go through that municipality. We can determine which applies and submit on your behalf.
Yes, and often that is what the municipality will approve. Dispatch runs 24/7 and we staff overnight closures.
Corridors we work
- Highway 1 — Trans-Canada
- Highway 99 — Sea-to-Sky and the Massey corridor
- Highway 91 and Highway 17 — South Fraser Perimeter Road
- Highway 7 — Lougheed
- Major municipal arterials
Communities served
- Vancouver
- Surrey
- Burnaby
- Richmond
- Coquitlam
- Langley
- Delta
- New Westminster
- North & West Vancouver
- Maple Ridge
- Abbotsford
Services in the Lower Mainland
Other service areas
Need a crew in the Lower Mainland?
Tell us the site, the scope, and the timeline. We'll send a quote and a plan.