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Highway 1 now open

UPDATED: 5:48 P.M.

Avalanche control is now completed and clean up is underway. Highway 1 is now open and reduced to single lane alternating traffic at various locations between 13 and 19 km west of Revelstoke.

The road is also reopened from Three Valley Gap to 8 km west of Revelstoke.


UPDATED: 11:15 A.M.

For the third time today, Highway 1 will be closed near Revelstoke. 

While the first two closures were due to vehicle collisions, the highway will close Friday afternoon from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m. due to avalanche control.

The closure will take place from Three Valley Gap to eight kilometres west of Revelstoke. 

There will be no detour around the closure. 


UPDATED: 9:43 A.M.

Highway 1 has been reopened in both directions, 500 metres east of Revelstoke.


ORIGINAL: 7:16 A.M.

Highway 1 is closed in both directions 500 metres east of Revelstoke Friday morning due to a vehicle collision.

The incident happened at about 5 a.m. but the nature of the crash and the condition of those involved is currently unknown.

DriveBC says drivers can avoid the closure by passing through the town of Revelstoke.

The highway is expected to reopen by 10 a.m.

The highway was closed earlier in the morning, at 3 a.m. due to another vehicle collision, near the Three Valley Gap area, but that area has since reopened. 



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