BC Hydro Temporarily Closing Brewster Lake Road Bridge

BC Hydro will be closing the Brewster Lake Road bridge beside the John Hart Dam in Campbell River from May 2nd-13th.

BC Hydro will be closing the Brewster Lake Road bridge beside the John Hart Dam in Campbell River from May 2nd-13th.

The closure will be 24/7 until repairs on the bridge are completed.

In March, BC Hydro announced a temporary rating reduction of the Bailey bridge from 70 tons to 15 tons due to deteriorating bridge decking.

Awareness signage was placed by the area to alert industrial traffic.

The Bailey bridge was put in place for the John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project and the required truck hauling and crane access. It will be used again for the upcoming John Hart Dam Seismic Upgrade Project that’s scheduled to begin in summer 2023. As part of the new project, BC Hydro plans to replace the bridge with a downstream earth-fill berm and have the Brewster Lake Road go across the top of the berm.

Starting around summer 2023, the Brewster Lake Road around the John Hart Dam will be closed to the public for about six years while the seismic upgrade work is performed.