Summer Heat Wave Damaged Parts of Coquihalla Highway, Officials Say | The Canadian News

The Transportation Ministry says sections of the Coquihalla highway underwent necessary repairs earlier this week.

According to the ministry, the heat wave that burned the Southern Interior last summer “caused a large furrow in the right lane of the Coquihalla highway between Kamloops and Merritt.”

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On a Facebook post, the ministry said that “these grooves in the pavement would channel the water and make it difficult to plow during the winter.”

A ruler showing the depth of a furrow along the Carretera a Coquihalla.

A ruler showing the depth of a furrow along the Carretera a Coquihalla.

Ministry of Transport

The work was carried out on October 7, with the crews “polishing the humps and creating a more level and rougher surface, which we will leave over the winter for better traction.”

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The sections are at Inks Lake to the south and Desmond Hill to the south.


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