East Vancouver SkyTrain station reopened after ‘unstable crane’ forced closure

TransLink closed the Millennium Line’s East Vancouver terminus station on Thursday, as crews worked to deal with a nearby crane incident.

The station reopened Friday morning.

TransLink suspended service to the VCC-Clark station around 11 a.m. Thursday, citing concern about an “unstable crane.”

The station is next to a construction site where crews are working on a five-storey building called Hive.

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Vancouver police said traffic was also closed in both directions between Clark and Glen drives and on Keith Drive between E. 6th and E. 7th Avenues as a safety precaution.

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The road reopened on Friday morning.

All activity on the site appeared to have been suspended, with a large piece of material left hanging from a crane.

WorkSafeBC said it was aware of the incident and had deployed prevention officers to the scene.

The Expo and Canada lines were unaffected.