Access to Ucluelet and Tofino will be be severely restricted for most of a day next week
B.C.B次元官网网址檚 ministry of transportation and infrastructure has announced that Highway 4 B次元官网网址� the only road connecting the Tofino-Ucluelet region to the rest of Vancouver Island B次元官网网址� will be shut down in both directions from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23.
The ministry says the closure is needed to remove a large rock bluff as part of the provincial and federal governmentB次元官网网址檚 $38 million Kennedy Hill Improvement project.
B次元官网网址淭his 10-hour closure is required for crews to undertake one of the most complex blasts on the project. The daylight closure will allow workers time to prepare the road beneath the blast area, and to safely remove loose rock immediately following the blast,B次元官网网址� the announcement reads.
Ucluelet mayor Mayco Noel said that removing the large rock bluff could catapult the project forward.
B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 one nasty, big rock in question that these guys need to overcome and once they overcome this, it is going to be easy street,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e been led to believe that there will be the possibility of less closures here if they can get around this obstacleB次元官网网址his is something to celebrate. If they can get this hazard dealt with, itB次元官网网址檚 going to be a good thing for the West Coast. It makes us get a little bit closer to the finish line.B次元官网网址�
Work on the project, which is focused on upgrading a roughly 1.5-kilometre stretch of highway near Kennedy Lake, began in 2018, bringing daily closures to West Coast commuters. The project was initially expected to be complete by the summer of 2020 but has since blown past that timeline. A firm new completion date has not been announced.
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The current closure schedule, which includes four-hour closures from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each weekday, is expected to resume on Wednesday, March 24, according to the ministry.
The Highway 4 Kennedy Hill Safety Improvement Project closure schedule is attached for the period of February 22 to...
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B次元官网网址淲hen completed, the Highway 4B次元官网网址揔ennedy Hill Safety Improvement Project will create a safer, more reliable connection between Port Alberni and the west coast of Vancouver Island,B次元官网网址� the announcement reads. B次元官网网址淭he ministry thanks motorists and residents on both sides of the closure for their patience.B次元官网网址�
Concerns have been raised around how the March 23 closure could impact , but Noel assured multiple agencies are having B次元官网网址渃onversations in the backgroundB次元官网网址� to ensure that clinic goes as planned.
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