Highway Thru Hell floods 2021
The last couple of days southern British Columbia has seen unbelievable amounts of rain fall and warm temperatures. Hope BC had just under 10 inches of rain in 36 hrs. The main Hwy that the Highway ...
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On the Island, I was all set to go from Victoria up to Rathtrevor park in Parksville on Monday, but had to wait till Tuesday to get up the Malahat past the washout on the Northbound lane. Then coming back on Saturday there was a detour past a new sinkhole in the main road just north of Nanaimo, but they had got the Malahat road fixed a little better.
Thing is, they spent a Kabillion dollars upgrading the Island Highway the last few years, and here it is with a washout, flooding across the road, and a sinkhole. WTF??? Did the lowest bidder use sand instead of rocks here and there for road base?
Not a peep in the "media" about why. Reminds me of the stories of the poor Russian soldiers in WW1 who found they had sand instead of gunpowder in their cartridges, because of contractors seeing off the government.
Hope the hippies in Burnaby noticed how they ran out of gas at the gas stations when the Trans Mountain had to close. Somehow doubt it! :(
Thing is, they spent a Kabillion dollars upgrading the Island Highway the last few years, and here it is with a washout, flooding across the road, and a sinkhole. WTF??? Did the lowest bidder use sand instead of rocks here and there for road base?
Not a peep in the "media" about why. Reminds me of the stories of the poor Russian soldiers in WW1 who found they had sand instead of gunpowder in their cartridges, because of contractors seeing off the government.
Hope the hippies in Burnaby noticed how they ran out of gas at the gas stations when the Trans Mountain had to close. Somehow doubt it! :(
