Highway 3 between Hope and Princeton reopens to non-essential travel

Highway 3 between Hope and Princeton has re-opened to non-essential travel.

The winding road through Manning Park had been restricted to commercial and essential travel since severe flooding or landslides tore up parts of highways 1 and 5 last month, but with the re-opening of the Coquihalla Highway yesterday, limits have been lifted between Princeton and Hope.

Highway 99 between Pemberton and Lillooet is also open to non-essential travel but both routes, as well as the Coquihalla, Sea-to-Sky, parts of Highway 1 in eastern BC and the Malahat on Vancouver Island, could be walloped by severe winter conditions later today and tomorrow.

Up to 70 centimetres of snow is forecast over eastern sections of Highway 3 with lesser amounts on other routes and up to 25 centimetres on the Pine Pass northeast of Prince George, while there's also the risk of freezing rain in many areas before the latest storm eases tomorrow or Thursday.