Drivers are advised to be prepared for possible delays on the Port Mellon Highway after an overnight debris flow at Bear Creek, about eight kilometres north of Gibsons.

With heavy rain in the forecast, Highway 1 in the Fraser Canyon will be closed from midnight tonight until approximately 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11.

Following additional consultation, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure alongside the City of Delta and other local stakeholders has decided to reschedule repairs to the Highway 17A crossing over Highway 99 until 2024.

The public is invited to learn more about work being done to lessen movement of two complex landslides in Williams Lake. 

Delta residents and drivers in the region are advised that permanent repairs to the Highway 17A crossing over Highway 99 will begin on Thursday, Nov. 9, with detours and partial lane closures occurring over the next eight weeks, mostly in the evenings.

Work to stabilize the rockslide on Highway 97 north of Summerland continues with more planned blasting and rock removal from the slide site.

From Infrastructure Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/office-infrastructure/news/2023/10/the-governments-of-canada-and-british-columbia-invest-in-water-and-wastewater-infrastructure-projects.html

Drivers are advised that winter conditions are expected in the southern Interior as a Pacific storm brings snow and possible freezing rain, starting today.