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UPDATE: Highway 1 between Spences Bridge and Lytton closed by mudslide

Victor Kaisar
Aug 11, 2022 | 10:21 AM


UPDATE: Highway 1 between Spences Bridge and Lytton closed by mudslide

Photo via Rosie Ann Peters

Update 4:00 p.m. – Drive BC says Highway 1 will remain closed in both directions overnight between Spences Bridge and Lytton due to a mudslide.

There is no detour available for the road closure assessments are in progress.

Drive BC says an update is expected at 10 a.m. Friday.

Original Post: A section of the Trans Canada Highway from Spences Bridge to Lytton will be closed for most of the day Thursday due to a mudslide.

Crews will be conducting a slope assessment of Highway 1 between the junctions with Highway 8 and Highway 12 today.

Drive BC initially reported flooding in the Ashcroft, Spences Bridge, and Lytton areas around 8:30 p.m., brought on by a thunderstorm that brought moderate to heavy rain between 7:10 p.m. and 7:50 p.m.

Photo via Nicole Cadieux

It is not clear when slope assessment will be completed, but Drive BC now says to expect an update at 4 p.m. Thursday.

For the latest from Drive BC, go here.