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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.
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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.
===== LINKS:
DriveBC.ca | @DriveBC on Twitter | Island Social Trends Local Scheduled Traffic Interruptions
===== 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.