RCMP detail dates, locations of COVID-19 non-essential travel road checks

VANCOUVER — B.C. RCMP are telling the public about the first set of COVID-19 road checks set up to deter non-essential travel.

In a news release, the force says checks will be set up at four locations, beginning Thursday (May 6):

• Highway 1 in the Boston Bar area
• Highway 3 in the Manning Park area
• Highway 5 in the Old Toll Booth area
• Highway 99 in the Lillooet area

The roadblocks will enforce the government’s ban on non-essential travel outside of three designated regions — the Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and the Interior/North.