Trans-Canada traffic resumes after Shuswap washout

Highway traffic is moving again after a washout near Little Shuswap Lake flowed across the Trans-Canada and blocked the route early Tuesday morning.

Six hours after the washout was first reported, crews cleaned enough to of the road east of Squilax Bridge to allow slow-moving traffic, just before 9 a.m., April 8.

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That’s according to the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, which added there have been no reported injuries. There was also no damage to buildings or the highway, according to a social media post.

The scale of the washout isn’t known, but it is within the 2023 Bush Creek East burn area.

It’s the second major Thompson-Okanagan route affected by a slide in a previously burned area this month, following the ongoing closure Westside Road near West Kelowna.