Monday April 29, 2024 | COLWOOD, BC
by Mary P Brooke, Editor | Island Social Trends
Aerial cable placement between BC Hydro poles eastbound on Sooke Road (2273 to 2220 Sooke Road) will take place on Thursday May 2 and Friday May 3 between the house of 9 am and 3 pm each day.
That’s between Metchosin Road and Ledsham Road — within a busy commuter route.
There will be single lane alternating traffic travelling eastbound on Sooke Road, with traffic personnel on site to help direct traffic.
Emergency vehicle access will be maintained at all times.
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===== TRAFFIC UPDATES:
Drive BC – webcams | Island Social Trends – scheduled traffic updates
===== COLWOOD TRAFFIC ARCHIVE:
- Colwood Traffic detour during Ocean Blvd pump station maintenance (March 28, 2024)
- Colwood Traffic: Latoria Blvd Oct 26 (October 25, 2023)
- Colwood Traffic: Delays through Colwood Corners April 5 (April 5, 2023)
- Colwood Traffic: Delays through Colwood Corners March 21 (March 20, 2023)
- Colwood Traffic: pedestrian & cycling detour on Galloping Goose (Aug 15, 2022)
- TRAFFIC Colwood: Metchosin Rd at Sooke Rd (January 15, 2022)
- TRAFFIC Colwood: Painter Trail interruption during utilities installation (January 12, 2022)
- TRAFFIC COLWOOD: Summer traffic interruptions at Colwood Corners (May 1, 2021)
- Traffic Advisory: Colwood April 7 for filming of driving scene (April 6, 2021)
- Colwood traffic: single lane on Island Highway from Wale Rd to Metchosin Rd (August 27, 2020)
===== ABOUT ISLAND SOCIAL TRENDS:
Based in the west shore area of south Vancouver Island, Island Social Trends launched mid-2020 fully online at IslandSocialTrends.ca. A print edition launches in 2024.
Editor Mary P Brooke has been covering news through a socioeconomic lens about community growth in the west shore region since 2011 (previously publishing as Sooke Voice News 2011-2013 ad West Shore Voice News, 2014-2020).
Since covering the COVID pandemic daily during 2020-2022 Ms Brooke has been reporting alongside the BC Legislative Press Gallery.
Ms Brooke was nominated in 2023 for a Jack Webster Foundation award for a woman journalist who contributes to her community through journalism.