An 84-kilometre stretch of Highway 20 is closed east of Bella Coola because of a rock slide that struck the highway Sunday.
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation estimates that the highway can be reopened by 8 p.m. Tuesday but not with a high level of confidence, according to the Drive B.C. website.
Sunday’s slide was the second to hit the region in less than a week, with the first crashing down Wednesday. The highway had reopened Friday.
Bella Coola is a community of approximately 600 at the western extremity of the Bella Coola Valley on the Central Coast.
The Ministry of Transportation will have a better sense Monday as to when the highway will reopen, Liz Bicknell, a spokesperson with the ministry, said Sunday night.
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