B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway could reopen to commercial traffic by early instead of late January after November’s disastrous flooding and landslides, Transportation Minister Rob Fleming said Thursday.
More than 100 pieces of heavy equipment are staged along the major route, Fleming said, and crews are making “tremendous progress.”
As long as the weather cooperates, he said, the highway would reopen earlier than previously forecast.
“It’s remarkable given the scale of the damage,” he added.
The highway suffered catastrophic damage during the first atmospheric river that hit southern B.C. on Nov. 14 and 15. More than 100 kilometres of highway needs to be repaired.
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