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Numerous landslides and flooding reported between Quesnel and Williams Lake - BC News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SHARE ON: Coralee Oakes (photo provided by candidate) “We are literally holding our breath and hoping that we will not have any more roads collapse, and hope for the safety of our constituents.” (Photo provided by Ministry of Transportation) That’s what Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes had to say to the Legislature while fighting back tears. Oakes is urging the province for immediate action on the numerous roads collapsing in the Cariboo. “No government controls the weather, and so my remarks this evening as it relates to the budget is the hope that the Premier and the government will not neglect the emerging crisis that is currently taking place in Cariboo North, and find the necessary funds in this budget to assist,” Oakes said. ....
Major washout that destroyed road near Quesnel will cost $37.7 million to rebuild - BC News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Scheduled for completion by fall 2023, the section will bypass the active slide areas along the washed-out portions. ?Esdilagh First Nation has an agreement with the ministry to clear the site in preparation for major road construction. The logging works underway began in February. As well, the banks of Narcosli Creek will be protected with riprap (large rocks) to prevent further damage from the coming spring freshet, and that work is underway through hired local equipment. In April 2018, high water from the spring freshet caused Narcosli Creek to erode five sections of West Fraser Road on the west side of the Fraser River, about 17 kilometres south of Quesnel. The road had to be closed due to the severe damage. ....