Repairs to Highway 3 continue following recent flooding and washouts, with “several weeks” of work required on the worst section of damage for just a temporary alignment, the Ministry of Transportation and Transit (MOTT) said on Friday morning.
Another key transportation link in the BC interior has been closed after BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) announced Highway 1 will stay closed just south of Yale for the remainder of the day as a result of a serious accident early this morning.
The Coquihalla Hwy 5 has reopened between Hope and Merritt to essential commercial vehicles only, following a month of extensive repairs.
Described as one of the most remarkable engineering feats in B.C.’s recent memory, the Coquihalla Hwy 5 will reopen on Monday, Dec. 20, paving the way for non-essential traffic to begin using the Crowsnest Hwy 3 one day later.
Commercial traffic could be moving on the heavily damaged Coquihalla Hwy 5 in just over two months’ time, by late January 2022.
The interior is now reconnected to the Lower Mainland through multiple routes with Hwy 1 being the latest to partially reopen on Saturday, Nov. 20.
