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Highway 99 overnight closure in Delta

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Aug, 2024 03:49 PM
  • Highway 99 overnight closure in Delta

The provincial government is warning drivers about lane closures overnight on Highway 99 in Delta.

Crews will be moving a large industrial crane across the highway for the 78th-Street-Interchange construction project.

The province says Highway 99 will remain open to single-lane traffic in both directions, but there will be rolling closures of northbound and southbound lanes as the crane travels across the highway.

The disruption is expected to end by 5 a-m tomorrow.

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