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By Dione Wearmouth

Highway Reopen

Highway 1 reopened through the Fraser Canyon

Jan 24, 2022 | 11:27 AM

NORTHERN BC- After months of being closed due to November’s flooding, Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon is now opened to all vehicle traffic. Despite the record amount of snowfall, avalanche risks and cold temperatures, repairs on the highway have been completed.

Depending on the destination, anyone heading on Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon should plan for delays of up to two hours or more. This is due to ongoing repairs, an at-grade train crossing and sections of single-lane alternating traffic, which includes a temporary single-lane bridge at Jackass Mountain and Nicomen River crossing.

The approximately 260 foot single lane temporary bridge installed at Jackass Mountain is in an area where a large section of two-lane road was destroyed. Because this bridge is in a known avalanche zone, drivers will have a pilot-car service for approximately four kilometres to guide them through this section.

For truckers travelling on this route, the highway will be open to legal width and weight loading. However, loads will be limited to 25 metres in length until the rehabilitation of the highway bridge at Nicomen River is complete.

“We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of the crews and staff who have put in long hours to make the repairs necessary to reopen Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon,” said Rob Fleming, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. “The construction and engineering accomplishments to get people and goods moving again after the highway sustained such heavy damage are nothing short of remarkable.”

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