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Highway 1 at Collins Road, looking east on Highway 1 and 97 in Cache Creek (Image credit: DriveBC).
Cache Creek Flooding

Highway traffic closed, evacuation order expanded due to flooding in Cache Creek

May 3, 2023 | 5:36 AM

CACHE CREEK, B.C. — Flooding has impacted highway traffic in the Village of Cache Creek.

DriveBC announced at around 11 p.m. Tuesday (May 2) that Highway 97 at Stephenson Road in Cache Creek was closed in both directions due to flooding. Nearly two hours later, DriveBC added that Highway 1 at Collins Road was also closed.

A northbound detour is available via Highway 97C at Highway 1 while a southbound detour is available via Highway 24 at Highway 97. Another update is due at noon Wednesday.

Elsewhere, under its state of local emergency due to the flooding, the Village of Cache Creek expanded its evacuation order from one property to five.