Traffic Alerts & Announcements


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Premier Eby addresses media Feb 10 as he heads to Washington

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Monday February 10, 2025 | VANCOUVER, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends BC Premier David Eby was going to hold a media...
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Island Health shifts away from X & joins Bluesky

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Monday February 10, 2025 | VICTORIA, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The trend of shifting social media accounts from X over to...
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New Royal Roads undergrad programs: parent webinar Feb 11, student open house Mar 1

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Monday February 10, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Parents of high school students are invited to attend a...
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Nominations open for 2025 Victoria Sports Awards

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Monday February 10, 2025 | VICTORIA. BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The Victoria Sports Awards celebrate excellence in sport and community. The...
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Fentanyl Czar, drug busts & 2024 BC drug deaths

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Sunday February 9, 2025 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends The drug called fentanyl -- which is often fatal for...
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Scheduled Traffic Interruptions

Langford

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Single-lane traffic in place on Jacklin Road (from Orono to Lequesne) from Nov 27, 2023 into summer 2025 during nearby apartment building construction. [Mary P Brooke / Island Social Trends]
    • Thursday January 16 into Friday January 17. Leigh Rd and Langford Parkway intersection. Traffic delays due to lane closure. 11 apm to 4 am.
    • Monday January 20 to Friday January 24. Irwin Road between Creekside Trail and Lunar Court. Traffic delay / road closure. 7:30 am to 4 pm.
    • Wednesday January 22. Goldstream Ave & Peatt Rd. Traffic delays 9 am to 3 pm.
    • LANGFORD TRAFFIC: News Archive (2019 to 2022)
    • All Langford Traffic Advisories

Colwood

    • Colwood – traffic notices by the City of Colwood
    • Monday October 30 to November 30. Metchosin Rd (from Royal Commons to Ryder Hesjedal Way). Traffic delays during watermain construction along the east side of Metchosin Rd. Daily 7 am to 5:30 pm.
    • November 1 to mid-December. Veterans Memorial Parkway (from Allandale Rd to Brookside Rd, and Latoria Rd from VMP to Quarry St). Daily 7 am to 5 pm. Lane closures during BC Hydro work to expand and increase service capacity by installing underground ducts and structures.
    • November 12, 2024 to January 17, 2025. Tipton Road. Watermain upgrades, 7 amt to 5 pm daily, with occasional extended days and hours of operation as needed.
    • November 25 & 26. Wilfert and Wale Roads. paving on Wilfert Road and sections of Wale Road.
    • November 26 & 27. Metchosin Rd & Painter Rd. Installation of electrical conduit for bus pad lighting.

View Royal & Burnside

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Major road improvements to Charter Road in Sooke will be done during 2024. [District of Sooke]
    • Jan to Dec 2024. Charters Road construction, Mon to Fri (7 am to 7 pm), all year. Single lane traffic. | Update on May 27: Charters closed to through-traffic May 27 to mid-October 2024. | Charters Road spurs on Throup Road debate (June 22, 2024).
    • Tuesday September 24, 2024. Partial re-opening of Charters Road (from Highway 14). 
    • October 31. Charters Road in Sooke is now open.
    • Open House about Highway 14 at Idlemore Road intersection safety improvements. Coming soon at Saseenos Elementary. (Being rescheduled from Jan 29 to another date)
    • Saanich & Peninsula

      • Dec 9 to 20. Sinclair Road closed 24/7 (including weekends), from Clarndon Rd to Haro Rd for storm drain installation. Traffic barricades will be in place, with signage to redirect traffic. Local traffic will have access to personal residences; access to UVic parking lots will be permitted; businesses remain open. The work is part of the Sinclair Road Upgrades Project (for safer commuting through Cadboro Bay).

        Malahat / Cowichan / Duncan

    • September 15 to mid-October. Malahat summit repaving. 5.5 km stretch of Highway 1 from the Malahat summit viewpoint to Bamberton, as far north as Mill Bay Road. In the evenings and overnight, during off-peak travel times only: 8 pm on Sundays to 5 am on Thursdays. Single-lane alternating traffic control from 10 pm to 5 am. Passage will be maintained through the area with anticipated delays as long as 20 minutes. [Info from BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure]
    • Friday Oct 4 to end of October. Malahat summit repaving. 3.5 km stretch of Highway 1 near Goldstream from south of the Aspen Road intersection to just south of the recently completed Tunnel Hill washout repair site. In the evenings and overnight, during off-peak travel times only: 8 pm on Sundays to 5 am on Thursdays. Single-lane alternating traffic control from 10 pm to 5 am. Passage will be maintained through the area with anticipated delays as long as 20 minutes. [Info from BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure]

      Port Renfrew

      • No traffic notes at this time.

        HIGHWAYS – SAFETY

        • Remember to drive  safely.  Slow   down  in   construction  zones.