Landslide dusts up traffic on Highway 97 in South Okanagan

Drivers can expect delays along Highway 97 after a landslide near Summerland. 

Both directions of traffic are impacted near Lakeshore Drive South, according to DriveBC.

Back to Our Roots Construction owner and operator Brandon Blake was on a job site in Naramata when he noticed a large cloud of dust that could be seen from the other side of Okanagan Lake.

He said the cloud of dust remained in the air for about 20 minutes.

Large cliffs are seen along Highway 97 near Lakeshore Drive in Summerland in this undated Google Street View image. | Credit: GOOGLE STREET VIEW


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Dan Walton

Before joining the ranks of InfoTel, Dan’s byline could be found in newspapers in Penticton, Peachland and Oliver. Prior to his arrival in the South Okanagan, he first sharpened his chops as a reporter at a radio station in Brighton, Ontario, and then newspapers in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, and Invermere B.C.
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