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April 30, 2021
Road-checks planned to limit non-essential travel
The provincial government announced today it has authorized site-specific road checks on travel corridors between regions to help enforce the non-essential travel restrictions that were announced on April 23.
On the advice of B.C.’s provincial health officer (PHO), Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, issued an Emergency Program Act order to prohibit non-essential travel between three regional zones in the province.
The regional zones are:
Vancouver Island (Island Health region); and
Northern/Interior (Interior Health and Northern Health regions).
The Osprey crossing Kootenay Lake. e-KNOW file photo
During the first weekend of the new travel restrictions, BC Ferries vehicle traffic was down more than 25% fleet-wide, and passenger traffic down more than 30%, compared to the weekend before. Resort communities and accommodation businesses have contacted the province to note s
Police road checks added to further enforce B.C. non-essential travel ban
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The province is adding a new layer to its non-essential travel ban.
From now until May 25th, there will be counter-attack style, police road checks set up on highway corridors that connect B.C.’s health zones.
If you get stopped at one of them, you could be asked for:
your name, address and driver’s license,
documentation regarding your name and address (for example, secondary identification that confirms your address if you’ve recently moved), and
the purpose of your travel.
Police won’t be doing arbitrary vehicle or street checks.
Under the order, non-essential travel is banned between three regional zones in the province: • 1. Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley (Fraser Health and Coastal Health regions); • Vancouver Island (Island Health region); • Northern/Interior (Interior Health and Northern Health regions). During the first weekend of the new travel restrictions, BC Ferries vehicle traffic was down more than 25 per cent fleet-wide and passenger traffic was down more than 30 per cent, compared to the weekend before the order was implemented. Farnworth said resort communities and accommodation businesses have contacted the province to note significant declines in out-of-region visitors and bookings, while BC Parks has reported more than 5,000 cancellations in the past few weeks.
by Province of British Columbia on Friday Apr 30 2021
To help keep communities safe and protect British Columbia’s health-care system from COVID-19, the Province has authorized site-specific road checks on travel corridors between regions to help enforce the non-essential travel restrictions that were announced on April 23, 2021.
On the advice of B.C.’s provincial health officer (PHO), Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, issued an Emergency Program Act order to prohibit non-essential travel between three regional zones in the province. The regional zones are: Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley (Fraser Health and Coastal Health regions); Vancouver Island (Island Health region); and
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The measures are in place in the province’s effort to curb spread of COVID-19, especially variants of concern. People violating the restrictions could be fined hundreds of dollars.