Vancouver Island's only highway to the western communities of Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet reopened Monday morning after high winds shut down the highway late Sunday afternoon.
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure made the decision to close Highway 4 at Cameron Lake at 4 p.m. Sunday because the winds posed safety concerns for cranes suspending protective wire mesh over site.
The highway reopened around 6:30 a.m. Monday and will remain open until 1:30 p.m. to allow for traffic that was backed up overnight to clear the area. The highway will then close until 5 p.m. The ministry says the work is critical to ensure the long-term safety of the corridor after a geotechnical assessment of the hillside found that rock scaling would be required before the highway can fully reopen to two-way traffic.
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