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B.C. power line cut access to Highway 99 to and from U.S. border for hours

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Jan, 2024 04:59 PM

A power line that fell over Highway 99 in Surrey cut off a key route to and from the U.S. Peace Arch Border Crossing for nearly three hours on Thursday.

BC Hydro, the Crown power utility, says a vehicle crashed into a power pole, bringing the line down across both directions of the highway.

Crews are working to restore an outage affecting 2,741 customers in #SurreyBC due to a motor vehicle accident. Updates will be shared on our website: https://t.co/MOsQ09X4bh pic.twitter.com/FMVUfhG0vi
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) January 25, 2024

Traffic cameras showed long lineups southbound heading toward the border and all vehicles were diverted at King George Boulevard, while northbound traffic was also detoured.

Hydro says the downed line also cut power to about 2,700 customers, but the electricity has also been restored.

The B.C. Transportation Ministry's information site, DriveBC, says the highway reopened in both directions early Thursday afternoon.

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