The Sea-to-Sky Highway is now reopened to traffic, almost exactly four days after a massive rockslide blocked the corridor's primary access to the Lower Mainland, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Kevin Falcon announced Saturday night (Aug. 2).The highway reopened at 10 p.m. to all traffic."I'd like to thank the public for their patience, especially the communities of Whistler and Squamish," said Falcon. "Thank you also to all of the emergency responders and especially the workers for their exceptional efforts, working around the clock to clear debris from the highway and get traffic moving again."The highway closed on Tuesday night (July 29) at 11:30 p.m. when a rock slide deposited approximately 16,000 cubic metres of debris onto both lanes of the highway between Porteau Cove and the Furry Creek Bridge. Original estimates by engineers stated that the road would not be open until Monday (Aug. 4) at the earliest.Check back on www.squamishchief.com for more updates on this story and see next Friday's Chief for complete coverage on the effort to re-open the highway..
