Material spill closes Highway 1 east of Sicamous

Oct 9, 2018 | 2:21 PM

SICAMOUS — UPDATE: As of 2:48 p.m. the spill has been cleared and the highway has reopened in both directions. 

 

EARLIER

The Trans-Canada Highway is closed in both directions due to a material spill.

DriveBC says in a tweet that the closure is roughly seven kilometres east of Sicamous at Cambie-Solsqua Road. There’s no information available yet on what material was spilled.

According to the tweet, a local detour is available and the highway is expected to be reopened by 3 p.m.