Crews clear rockslide from Coquihalla Highway
KAMLOOPS — Good news for motorists as the rockslide that had blocked the northbound lane of the Coquihalla Highway about three kilometres south of Merritt has been cleared.
District Operations Manager for the Thompson-Nicola District Trent Folk says they closed the northbound lane late last night after approximately 50 cubic metres of rock fell off an adjacent rock slope.
“It filled the ditch and some rock spilled out onto the highway. So, with safety being our number one priority and making sure the travelling public is safe, through consultation with our geotechnical engineers, we kept the highway closed through the night.”
But following work by excavation crews this morning, he says the northbound lane reopened shortly after 10:00 this morning.