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Malahat congestion delaying West Shore buses from picking up students

All SD62 buses are on their way as of 8 a.m., superintendent says
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Sooke School District buses are late picking up students Wednesday morning after struggling to get through the Malahat closure traffic. (Black Press Media file photo)

Sooke School District students will likely be waiting at their bus stop for longer than usual Wednesday morning after bus drivers struggled to make it out of the bus yard and through traffic caused by the Malahat partial closure.

District superintendent and CEO Scott Stinson said he believes all the running buses had left the yard as of 8 a.m. but that students who are used to being picked up as early as 7:30 a.m. will have to hold tight.

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Flood damage on the Malahat has reduced the highway to single-lane alternating traffic between West Shore Parkway and Tunnel Hill during the day and fully closed it overnight until Nov. 23. Wednesday morning, northbound traffic was backed up all the way out of Langford, making getting out of the bus yard, located just off the highway, extremely difficult for drivers, Stinson explained.

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Unfortunately, he said similar delays can likely be expected for Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, although he said buses will try to leave the yard earlier. Luckily, students have a half-day Thursday and day off Friday though, so they wonB次元官网网址檛 have to wait around then.

Stinson added drivers who live north of the Malahat closure are headed down today and will stay the night on the West Shore to ensure they can run their buses Thursday morning.

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