Traffic is down to one lane in the 8500 block of Westside Road just north Ewing Landing after a second landside in the area.
Part of the road, on the west side of Okanagan Lake, caved in around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, but problems were identified on Monday.
Early Tuesday afternoon, Central Okanagan Emergency Operations also issued an evacuation alert for two properties below Westside Road at Ewing Landing because of “slope instability.”
Just before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday that evacuation alert was upgraded to an evacuation order.
Residents of 8645 N Westside Road and 8635 Westside Road are required to leave their properties.
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WATCH BELOW: A neighbour says he saw cracks in the road three days ago. Jules Knox reports on the latest landslide along Westside Road.
The regional district said officials have also declared a local state of emergency covering the area along Westside Road from 5625 Westside Road to 10374 Westside Road “in response to the threat to property caused by slope instability.”
Neighbour Dietrich Goldammer said he saw growing cracks in the road before the landslide.
There is a gaping hole in the roadside foliage where trees and bushes have crashed down.
Single lane alternating traffic is currently getting through.
It does not appear that any buildings were hit by the slide.
Another slide in Killiney Beach on Saturday promoted an evacuation order for 12 properties.
That evacuation order is still in place.
– with files from Jules Knox
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