Avalanche Control work planned for this evening on Highway 16

Following the volume of snow over the last 48 hours across the Northwest, the Ministry of Transportation and highways will be doing some Avalanche Control this evening along Highway 16, issuing an advisory today for their scheduled work from 7 to 8:30 PM

The area of note is from te Rainbow summit Avalanche Gates to a point 29 kilometres east of Prince Rupert, with delays of up to 50 minutes for travellers to be anticipated during that period.

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As for the current conditions the most recent update from Drive BC came at just before 7 AM with slippery and compact snow conditions noted.

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Port Edward Turnoff

Kwinitsa

Terrace

You can access the full list of BC Highway cameras in the northwest here.

Follow the Drive BC website and twitter feed for more updates through the day.

As well, the Highway 16 Social media page on Facebook provides a glimpse at conditions from those travelling the roads of the region. 

Some of those first hand accounts noted of some challenging driving conditions along Highway 16 this morning. Particularly in the contractor area from Polymer towards Prince Rupert.

More items of note on past weather events can be reviewed here, while Transportation themes on Highway 16 are available here.