Highway 4 Near Cameron Lake Bluffs Re-Opens

Highway 4 near Cameron Lake Bluffs has re-opened to two full lanes of travel, with crews having successfully stabilized the area, after wildfire tore it up three months ago.

The highway has been operating with single-lane-alternating traffic since the end of June as crews worked to stabilize the hillside from the impact of the Cameron Lake Bluffs wildfire.

Rob Fleming, Minister of Transportation, and Infrastructure, while thanking the crew for their work, also thanked the businesses, local governments and First Nations who waited patiently while people and goods kept moving, at a slower pace, to and from communities on the west coast of the Island.

Signage around the detour route, and its checkpoints, will now be dismantled, though the route remains open.

To stabilize the bluffs, crews removed 250 dangerous trees and 1,000 tonnes of rock debris. Additional work included placement of the catchment fencing, bolting rocks, instalment of a weather station and pavement patching, line marking and sign installation.