After weeks of being closed, Highway 4 will reopen at 3 p.m. to single-lane alternating vehicle traffic.
Crews installing protective fencing along Highway 4.
This means drivers will no longer need to take a four-hour detour to drive to or from Port Alberni or Tofino.to single-lane traffic, rock barriers have been installed to prevent rocks from falling on the road. “We’re installing a mixture of things, including a rock curtain that’s being suspended in three different areas,” Janelle Staite, deputy director for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure South Coast Region told CHEK News on June 20.
“So it’s suspended by cranes, and it goes a fair ways up the slope. It’s intended to catch any rocks that are coming down the slope.”Once the highway reopens to single-lane traffic, there will be pilot cars leading the way in each direction.The highway was closed due to the Cameron Bluffs wildfire, which is now listed as under control.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.
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