{"id":1288,"date":"2023-03-04T06:57:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/2023\/03\/04\/coquihalla-expected-to-reopen-between-hope-and-merritt-at-5-p-m\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T14:57:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T22:57:28","slug":"coquihalla-expected-to-reopen-between-hope-and-merritt-at-5-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/1288\/coquihalla-expected-to-reopen-between-hope-and-merritt-at-5-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Coquihalla expected to reopen between Hope and Merritt at 5 p.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The Coquihalla will stay closed between Hope and Merritt for at least another couple hours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> DriveB.C.&#39;s latest update says there is still a high avalanche hazard on Highway 5 between the two communities so the road will remain closed in both directions, but it&#39;s expected to reopen at 5 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> It was <a href=\"https:\/\/infotel.ca\/newsitem\/coquihalla-highway-closed-from-merritt-to-hope\/it97116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">initially closed down <\/a>yesterday afternoon, Feb. 4, after a 70-centimetre snowfall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> ? UPDATE &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCHwy5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BCHwy5<\/a> remains CLOSED in both directions between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HopeBC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HopeBC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Merritt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Merritt<\/a> due to conditions.<\/p>\n<p> Avalanche control work and clean up of the roadway continues.<\/p>\n<p> Estimated opening 5pm PST Saturday, March 4th, 2023.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coquihalla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Coquihalla<\/a><\/p>\n<p> ?? For more info: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ULRwQb2hi6\">https:\/\/t.co\/ULRwQb2hi6<\/a><\/p>\n<p> &mdash; DriveBC (@DriveBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DriveBC\/status\/1632149753827057664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%\" \/>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\">To contact a reporter for this story, <a href=\"mailto:dwalton@infonews.ca\">email Dan Walton<\/a>&nbsp;or call 250-488-3065 or <a href=\"mailto:news@infonews.ca\">email the editor<\/a>. You can also submit <a href=\"mailto:tips@infonews.ca\">photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom<\/a>&nbsp;and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\">We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. 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If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coquihalla will stay closed between Hope and Merritt for at least another couple hours.&nbsp; DriveB.C.&#39;s latest update says there is still a high avalanche hazard on Highway 5 between the two communities so the road will remain closed in both directions, but it&#39;s expected to reopen at 5 p.m.&nbsp; It was initially closed down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":1287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"guid":"","source":"iNFOnews","byline":"Dan Walton","published":"2023-03-04T06:57:28","updated":"2023-03-04T14:57:28","_infotelid":"IT97136","_prepressid":"97136","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[491,3,492,493],"tags":[8,461],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-1288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlight","category-inwheels","category-local","category-topnews","tag-dan-walton","tag-pnfeb2023","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/MediaItemID97136-8756.jpg","post_modified":"2023-03-04T14:57:28","post_modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T22:57:28","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4239,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions\/4239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}