Five days after catastrophic flooding and landslides severed highway routes connecting British Columbia's Lower Mainland with the province's Interior, crews have cleared a single route for essential traffic only. The Ministry of Transportation said Friday that Highway 7 between Metro Vancouver and Hope, and Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton had been opened to vehicles. You can find a list of what qualifies as essential travel here. "This progress will enable the movement of goods and supplies from the Lower Mainland to get to the rest of B.C. The timeline to reopen the other two main routes between the Lower Mainland and the Interior remains unclear.

Source: CBC News November 20, 2021 03:26 UTC