Sludge Hampers Slide Clean Up

By 250 News

Work continues at the site of the  slide  37 kilometers east of Terrace, but  there is still no word on when crews may be able to  have one lane open. 

"There  have been surges of  mud and water that have hampered the work" says Ministry of Transportation spokesman Jeff Knight.   "Overall, we are making progress,  but  we are not yet in a position where we would feel comfortable  estimating when we might have a lane  open."

The slide on Monday dumped  25 thousand cubic metres of  mud, rock , trees and debris on to the highway.  The only  detour would take four hours and would require driving  a 55 kms stretch of single lane  active logging road. While the  detour is available, the Ministry of Transportation is not recommending it be used.

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