Trans-Canada Highway 1 west of Revelstoke will be closed on Tuesday morning, March 12, for avalanche control work.
Ministry of Transportation advises that Hwy 1 will be CLOSED in both directions for Avalanche Control
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March 12/2024, 11km to 26.3km West of Revelstoke. Summit Lake to Griffin Lake. The highway will be closed from 5:00am to 7:00am.PST. pic.twitter.com/1dJcCpyCFm
DriveBC advised of the closure Monday afternoon. The work is scheduled to begin at 5 a.m. Tuesday morning and is expected to take roughly two hours to complete. During the control work, the road will be closed to traffic in both directions with no alternative route available.
The work will be conducted between the Griffin Lake avalanche gate, spanning more than 15 km to the Clanwilliam OH bridge.
DriveBC will provide an update on the closure at 6:45 a.m.
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