Update 8pm  –

Victoria Street West has reopened after the gas line break.  The city says repairs are now complete and the street is open to all traffic.

There will be significant delays tomorrow as there are plans to do paving work tomorrow. Drivers are being asked to adjust their commutes.

Update –

A caller to the NL Newsroom says south bound traffic on the Overlanders Bridge is being diverted up Summit Drive, and not being allowed onto West Victoria Street. Likewise, traffic coming down Summit Drive is being diverted up the Overlanders Bridge, and not being allowed on West Victoria.

As well, the Yellowhead Highway is slow from Halston Avenue towards Battle Street and the Trans Canada Highway.

Original – 

West Victoria Street is closed through the construction zone after a gas line was hit this afternoon.

Fortis BC spokesperson Diane Sorace confirms a line was hit by a third party and says crews are en route.”And its approximately going to take about three hours until repairs are complete,” Sorace told Radio NL. “There isn’t going to be any service outages as a result. However, the road will be closed in both direction in Victoria Street West.”

Sorace is urging people to call or click before they do any digging.

Adding to the traffic woes was a two vehicle collision on the north end of the Overlanders Bridge this afternoon around 4 p.m.

Kamloops Fire Platoon Captain Darryl Cooper says there were two SUV’s involved.

“Four wheels were attached on one vehicle, but the second vehicle is missing one wheel,” he said. “We’ve called a tow-truck and crews are working on getting that cleared up. BCAS just came across it, and it looks like it was a minor incident as far as injuries go.”

Cooper says it’s too soon to say what caused the collision, but crews expect to have it cleared up by 5 p.m.. Traffic is flowing across the bridge but it is moving slowly at this time.

This is the second day in a row an arterial route in and out of downtown Kamloops has been closed to traffic during the afternoon.