
UPDATE: Coquihalla to close in both directions overnight Friday for ‘urgent’ sinkhole repairs
MERRITT, B.C. — (UPDATE 4:00 p.m.): The Coquihalla Highway will be closed in both directions between Hope and Merritt overnight Friday (June 6) to allow crews to work on “urgent sinkhole repairs.”
The Ministry of Transportation said the closure in the southbound lanes will take effect at 9:00 p.m. Friday night, with the next update expected to come at 10:00 a.m. Saturday.
Both northbound lanes of the highway between Hope and Merritt were closed around 8:30 p.m. Thursday (June 6) night, while the southbound fast lane was closed at noon Friday “as a precaution.”
“As repairs to the northbound lane proceeded on Friday morning, it was determined that southbound lanes could also be affected,” the Ministry of Transportation and Transit told CFJC Today, in a statement Friday morning.