Glover Road's new overpass was spared any impacts from overheight trucks this year, as it was considerably higher than the 1960s-era structure it replaced.

But trucks kept hitting the nearby railway and the 232 Street overpasses.

The issue resulted in a war of words and a legal spat between an Aldergrove company and provincial officials, with Premier David Eby weighing in.

At the very end of 2023, on Dec. 28, a truck owned by Chohan Freight Forwarders slammed into an overpass in Delta.

It was not the first time the Aldergrove-based trucking firm had seen one of its vehicles crash into an overpass. In fact, it was sixth in a little over two years.

Then-Transportation Minister Rob Fleming suspended the firm's safety certificate, which essentially put all of its commercial vehicles off the road. 

On Feb. 5, Chohan launched a court petition asking a judge to overturn the suspension.

The company claimed it was losing $1 million a day, and that the shutdown was costing its clients $2- to $3-million per day as well.

Eby was openly dismissive when asked about the lawsuit at a press conference.

鈥淢y only hope is that on the way to court, they don鈥檛 run into a bridge,鈥� Eby said. 鈥淚 encourage them to take the bus or some other form of public transit on the way to the courthouse.鈥�

He called Chohan "one of the worst offenders" when it comes to overpass strikes.

鈥淭he astonishing part is that the company thinks that they should be still able to operate,鈥� Eby said.

Later that same month, the director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement Branch formally cancelled the company's licence to operate in B.C.

That did not stop the overpass impacts by other firms. Strikes continued in 91原创 and across the Lower Mainland.

By the end of the year, the official Ministry of Transportation overpass crash report site listed seven overpass impacts in 91原创 alone, but that had not yet been updated with the most recent crash 鈥� a Dec. 20 strike on the rail overpass.

The long-term solution to the impacts is slowly coming into being.

In May, 91原创 saw the $19.5 million rebuilt Glover Road overpass open. The new overpass is much taller than the 4.3 metre clearance of the old, 1960s-built structure. In the coming years, the nearby rail overpass, which is 4.4 metres, is also to be replaced, as are the 232 and 264 Street highway interchanges. All will be raised to modern height standards.

The old Glover Road overpass was one of the most frequently struck by trucks, as it was the first lower overpass for drivers heading east from 200 Street.