Highway 4 Limited Travel Re-Opening Remains On Schedule

Highway 4 is still on track to open to limited single-lane-alternating travel by this weekend.

Crews have cleared the affected stretch of highway of fallen trees and debris from the hillside above and are installing temporary safety measures to allow the highway to reopen.

Safety measures include the installation of a temporary concrete barrier wall in the eastbound lane of Highway 4 as well as protective mesh curtains suspended by cranes.

These will act as barricades to potential falling rocks and trees as the slope continues to recover from the wildfire.

The detour will remain in place until Highway 4 is fully open. Telus has established a mobile cellular tower at the midpoint of the detour, which provides a cellular reception range of approximately one kilometre.

The province says approximately 1,000 vehicles are accessing the detour route daily, with four piloted convoys of commercial vehicles given priority access every day.

The region’s two airports - Tofino-Long Beach and the Alberni Valley Regional Airport - are both reporting being extremely busy but functioning well.

Several charter companies have stepped up to shuttle people to Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo and Victoria.

The highway has been closed since the Cameron Lake Bluffs fire was sparked on June 6th.

To learn more, visit Government of British Columbia.