{"id":4937,"date":"2025-10-29T15:47:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/?p=7405333"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:47:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:47:59","slug":"long-term-repairs-begin-years-after-rockslide-on-highway-97-near-summerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4937\/long-term-repairs-begin-years-after-rockslide-on-highway-97-near-summerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term repairs begin years after rockslide on Highway 97 near Summerland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Drivers have been advised that the long-term repairs to the 2023 Summerland rockslide site are beginning in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be some delays when crews start long-term stabilization between Callan Road and North Beach Road on Nov. 3, according to a press release from the Ministry of Transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New traffic lines and reducing cones will shift the traffic pattern until spring 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the site preparation begins there will be temporary closures for up to 20 minutes between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in November. Site preparation entails some controlled blasting and rock scaling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry said construction is mostly going to take place from Monday to Friday between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. with no traffic delaying work during any weekends or holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emil Anderson Construction was awarded the $23.2 million contract<\/a> to stabilize the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highway 97 between Callan Road and Okanagan Lake was closed for weeks after 3,000 cubic metres of rock fell onto the highway on Aug. 28, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The temporary stabilization work wrapped up last year<\/a>, but long-term stabilization is necessary since workers found massive tension cracks in the mountain that were two metres wide and 20 metres deep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the site preparation begins there will be temporary closures for up to 20 minutes between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":4938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1285,492,493],"tags":[],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-4937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4937\/long-term-repairs-begin-years-after-rockslide-on-highway-97-near-summerland\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Long-term repairs begin years after rockslide on Highway 97 near Summerland","url":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4937\/long-term-repairs-begin-years-after-rockslide-on-highway-97-near-summerland\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4937\/long-term-repairs-begin-years-after-rockslide-on-highway-97-near-summerland\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-MediaItemID107293-3763.webp?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/inwheels-MediaItemID107293-3763.webp"},"articleSection":"Featured","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jesse Tomas"}],"creator":["Jesse Tomas"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"iNwheels","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2025-10-29T22:47:59Z","datePublished":"2025-10-29T22:47:59Z","dateModified":"2025-10-29T22:47:59Z"},"rendered":"