Crews at work repairing Highway 6 near the Needles ferry dock, Thursday, March 19, 2015.
Image Credit: Ministry of Transportation
Republished March 28, 2015 - 10:50 AM
Original Publication Date March 20, 2015 - 2:23 PM
VERNON - The section of Highway 6 on the way to the Needles ferry dock closed for repairs following a mud slide and the appearance of a sink hole over a month ago ihas reopened.
The Ministry of Transportation says the work on the new drainage installation and rebuilding of the section of road about a kilometre west of Lower Arrow Lake wrapped up last night, March 27.
The reopening had been put off a couple of times this past week.
Drivers have been forced to follow a pilot car along the Barnes Forest Service Road detour while repairs were made.
On Feb. 18, the mudslide, and subsequent sinkhole, closed the route.
An aerial photo of the damage to Highway 6 taken on Thursday, March 5, 2015.
Image Credit: Ministry of Transportation
A photo taken a couple days after the slide and sink hole on Highway 6, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015.
Image Credit: Ministry of Transportation
Cracks in the asphalt on Highway 6 can be clearly seen in this photo taken, Friday, Feb, 20, 2015.
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