responsible for planning, building operating and maintaining the ministry's transportation infrastructure, including providing information on Drivebc. The department is also home to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement Branch. To deliver its mandate, the Highways Department has several offices in communities throughout the province. The offices are organized by region and then by district: South Coast Region Lower Mainland District Vancouver Island District Southern Interior Region Rocky Mountain District West Kootenay District Okanagan-Shuswap District Thompson Nicola District Cariboo District Northern Region Peace District Fort George District Bulkley-Stikine District Skeena District Infrastructure Department The Infrastructure Department is responsible for the ministry's transportation investment plan and oversees infrastructure grant programs. It also oversees the ministry's involvement in the Evergreen Line and the marine branch, which looks after the ministry's responsibilities related to coastal and inland ferries. Partnerships Department The Partnerships Department is responsible for property procurement and management, project governance and corporate initiatives, operations and procurement and the Transit Branch, which looks after the Provincial Transit Plan. Transportation Policy & Programs Department The focus of the Transportation Policy & Programs Department is the province's surface, air and marine policy, Pacific Gateway Strategy, as well as the Passenger Transportation Branch, which supervises commercial passenger vehicles. Ministry inventory The ministry looks after a large number of transportation-related assets, including: Border Crossings 53 Alberta 24 Alaska 1 Idaho 2 Montana 1 Northwest Territories 1 Washington 17 Yukon Territory 7 Changeable Message Signs 52 Culverts** 183,962 Gravel Reserve 2,744 Guardrail*** 16,375 Large Culverts (> diameter) 652 Large Other Tunnels* (Generally > Width) 83 Large Retaining Walls ( height) 1,090 Other Tunnels* 300 Railway Level Crossings 651 Rest Areas 174 Retaining Walls** 556 Road Tunnels (> width) 69 Sign Structures 217 Signs** 247,493 Snowsheds 4 Total Road Kilometres 47,647 (Miles ) Traffic Signals 694 Of Note: *Includes: pedestrian/cattle/animal tunnels** Inventory currently being updated*** Count of Guardrail locations Ferries The Ministry of Transportation is responsible for the provision of inland ferry services on the province's rivers and lakes, although it generally contracts the operation of these services to private sector companies. The ferries provided by the ministry include: Adams Lake Cable Ferry, across Adams Lake Arrow Park Ferry, across the Arrow Lakes at Arrow Park Barnston Island Ferry, across an arm of the Fraser River between Barnston Island and Port Kells Big Bar Ferry, across the Fraser River at Big Bar Francois Lake Ferry, across Francois Lake from Francois