Trans-Canada traffic resumes after Shuswap washout
Highway traffic is moving again after a washout near Little Shuswap Lake flowed across the Trans-Canada and blocked the route early Tuesday morning.
Six hours after the washout was first reported, crews cleaned enough to of the road east of Squilax Bridge to allow slow-moving traffic, just before 9 a.m., April 8.
READ MORE: Search for missing person at Westside Road landslide site underway
That's according to the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, which added there have been no reported injuries. There was also no damage to buildings or the highway, according to a social media post.
The scale of the washout isn't known, but it is within the 2023 Bush Creek East burn area.
It's the second major Thompson-Okanagan route affected by a slide in a previously burned area this month, following the ongoing closure Westside Road near West Kelowna.
To contact a reporter for this story, email Levi Landry or call 250-819-3723 or email the editor. You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.
We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here.
