After many months of closures and single-lane alternating traffic, Highway 4 will be reopening to two-way traffic starting Thursday evening.
Crews have been doing rock scaling work on the slopes along Highway 4 to ensure the roads safety.will be reopening to two-way traffic starting Thursday evening.due to the Cameron Bluffs wildfire, then reopened to single-lane alternating a few weeks later.for months in order to ensure the highway is safe to reopen, and now that work is complete.
“It’s been a very challenging summer for everyone, and so many people have worked tirelessly to fight the wildfire that started this all, to establish a detour and help keep supply chains and essential travel open, and to undertake complex and dangerous recovery work on the Cameron Bluffs so our key transportation corridor can be safely used,” Josie Osborne, MLA for Mid Island-Pacific Rim said on Facebook.
Osborne says more information about potential impacts of stormy fall weather will be coming from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in the coming weeks. The highway reopening was delayed from its original planned reopening date of mid-July after crews learned there was more work to be done than initially anticipated.The highway serves as a key corridor to reach Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet, and has had significant impacts on people and businesses in those municipalities.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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