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B.C. highway hit by rockslide could reopen Tuesday morning

By Jules Knox Global News

Posted March 4, 2019 5:48 pm

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The Callan Road detour opened at 5 a.m. on Monday morning. A rockslide has closed Highway 97 north of Summerland, B.C. Travis Lowe / Global News

B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is hoping Highway 97 could reopen Tuesday morning.

The transportation ministry says crews at the #Summerland rockslide have finished clearing and hauling the rock away. They’re now preparing the asphalt surface of #BCHwy97 for traffic, possibly as early as tomorrow morning @GlobalOkanagan
— Jules Knox (@Jules_Knox) March 4, 2019

It’s been more than a month since a rockslide north of Summerland closed the road.

Almost 20,000 cubic metres of material have now been hauled away from the #Summerland rockslide. That’s more than three times the initial estimate.
— Jules Knox (@Jules_Knox) March 4, 2019

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The ministry said it would have a firm timeline on when the highway would reopen by Monday afternoon.

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The Callan Road detour currently remains open with a speed limit of 30 km/h.

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