Forty-two per cent of the people working on the $47 million Highway 97 upgrade project near Williams Lake Indian Band’s Sugarcane to the Lexington subdivision are women.
Of the 43 people working for Cantex Okanagan Construction Ltd. project superintendent Earl McLeod confirmed 18 are women.
“They are all well-experienced and good at their jobs,” McLeod said. “I think it’s great, we have a good group.”
Positions covered by women include one administrator, one civil foreman, 10 truck drivers, two running roller drum packers, four flaggers and two labourers.
The 6.2 kilometre upgrade will see intersection improvements at Peters Drive, Chief Will Yum Gas Bar and the Mission Road and Moose Drive intersections.
By the first of May, weather depending, drivers can expect a detour for the underpass, he added.