Coquihalla Highway reopens after sinkhole repairs

The Ministry of Transportation and Transit shared this photo of overnight work on the Coquihalla Highway to repair a sinkhole. (Ministry of Transportation)

The Coquihalla Highway fully reopened Saturday night after being shut down in both directions for days.

The main route between B.C.’s Lower Mainland and the Interior closed for “emergency sinkhole repairs” on Thursday night.

Around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, DriveBC announced that work was complete, and asked drivers to watch out for crews as they cleared the site.

However, the left lane is still closed in both directions for a 3.5 kilometre stretch near the Great Bear Snowshed for road construction, and will remain so until June 25, according to officials.

The Ministry of Transportation earlier said the sinkhole appeared to be the result of pipeline boring in the area.