More closures are coming to Highway 4, the only highway to the western Vancouver Island communities of Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet, as the province announced a delayed timeline for a full reopening Monday.
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says Highway 4 will be closed for two days this month – Thursday, Aug. 17, and Thursday, Aug. 24.
The ministry says the area has been the most challenging portion of the rock-scaling work that has been underway since the Cameron Bluffs wildfire destabilized the slope above the highway. The ministry erected mesh coverings along highway to prevent loose rocks and other debris from falling onto the roadway after the Cameron Bluffs wildfire.
Workers have so far removed approximately 200 dangerous trees and 600 tonnes of rock-scaling debris from the Cameron Lake area, according to the ministry.
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