Coquihalla Highway Update

• B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway could open to commercial traffic by January 2022: minister

  About 20 sites along Highway 5, which is the main highway connecting the Lower Mainland and the Interior, were damaged or washed away.

  Traffic

  Nov 25, 2021
  
• Reopening of Coquihalla Highway could take ‘weeks or months’ due to flood damage

  One of B.C.'s main highways connecting the Lower Mainland and the B.C. Interior also remains closed Tuesday morning and the timeline when it will reopen is unclear.

  Traffic

  Nov 16, 2021
  
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• Southbound lanes of B.C.’s major Coquihalla Highway washed away by intense rain

  The ministry said crews are still assessing the impacts to the highway and will hopefully know more soon about when it is possible to reopen the lanes.

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  Nov 15, 2021
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• Coquihalla Highway now open but wildfire knocks out power, burns wildlife fence

  The July Mountain wildfire merged with the Brook Creek wildfire after jumping the highway and the new size of the blaze is now 20,860 hectares.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2021