paulj
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008082929_rockslide31.html
A massive rockslide in British Columbia has blocked the only direct route between Vancouver and Whistler. They expect a 3-4 day closure.
Now you have to take the Duffy Lake Road!
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Little Kopit
TheMaritimes.ca
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I beg your pardon, but didn't you hear about this on Tuesday, July 29?
& I, I took the road less travelled by.
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paulj
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According to the Whistler.com page, projected opening is Aug 4
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wu687
Victoria BC
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It looks like the road should open tonight at around 11pm.
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daveB110
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Try not to speed after they open it, while driving past the problem area, okay? Just because it dropped rocks the size of boxcars all the way down, over both the road and the rail tracks and some on into Howe Sound, one shouldn't worry. You just KNOW it could never happen again. Right?
Aren't we glad Department of Fisheries Canada has allowed highways people to simply push the slide into the water? Otherwise trucking it off (after blasting the big ones) would have taken nearly a month of Sundays.
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paulj
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According to the Prov Parks site, this rock slide was just north of a park. They were warning campers of potential noise, and divers of potential rock hazards!
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wilber1
Abbotsford B.C. Canada
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It was open again this morning.
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