REVELSTOKE (NEWS 1130) – Flooding has closed Highway 1 just west of Revelstoke.

RCMP Corporal Thomas Blakney says Camp Creek overflowed at the Camp Creek Bridge just after 11 p.m., yesterday. He says a build-up of debris at the bridge backed up the creek and sent water cascading across the highway.

In a statement, the provincial government says the road is expected to be closed until at least tomorrow, and possibly through the weekend depending on whether the bridge has been damaged.

Motorists are advised to plan an alternate route if travelling east or west on Highway 1 today. Alternate routes are via Highway 23 and Highway 6, through Shelter Bay, Galena Bay, Needles, and Fauquier. The ministry will be running the Galena Bay to Shelter Bay ferry on Highway 23 for 24 hours a day until the roadway is re-opened. You’re being warned to expect long delays.

The area has had about 40 millimetres of rain over a short time. That weather system has now passed and water levels are expected to decrease quickly. Heavy machinery has been brought in to help with the clean-up.

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