Highway 4 expected to fully reopen next week, but will be closed all day Tuesday

The long-awaited full reopening of Highway 4 is expected to come before the Labour Day long weekend, transportation officials said.

The long-awaited full reopening of Highway 4 is expected to come before the Labour Day long weekend, transportation officials said.

However, the road will need to close from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday for additional rock scaling before it can open to two-lane traffic.

On Thursday, during the highway’s second planned full daytime closure, crews removed approximately a dozen refrigerator-sized boulders from Angel Rock, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said.

Crews also placed 700 metres of roadside barrier and resurfaced the highway in key locations.

The highway will continue to be closed from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays until work is completed—for which there is no exact date.

The forestry road detour route will remain open until then.

When the highway fully reopens, the signs and checkpoints leading to the detour route will be taken down, the ministry said.