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UPDATE: Highway 6 near Needles ferry reopens
VERNON – The section of Highway 6 on the way to the Needles ferry dock closed for repairs following a mud slide and the appearance of a sink hole over a month ago ihas reopened.
The Ministry of Transportation says the work on the new drainage installation and rebuilding of the section of road about a kilometre west of Lower Arrow Lake wrapped up last night, March 27.
The reopening had been put off a couple of times this past week.
Drivers have been forced to follow a pilot car along the Barnes Forest Service Road detour while repairs were made.
On Feb. 18, the mudslide, and subsequent sinkhole, closed the route.
To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca or call 250-491-0331. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.
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