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By Mike Vanden Bosch

BC Transit

BC Transit says several Chilliwack bus routes are impacted Wednesday morning

Jan 17, 2024 | 7:00 AM

CHILLIWACK — BC Transit says transit in Chilliwack has been impacted Wednesday morning (Jan. 17) by what it calls employee shortage/illness, but makes no reference to snowy conditions that have blanketed Chilliwack.

According to a social media post, the provincial transit provider says Chilliwack transit service is currently experiencing service challenges due to employee shortage/illness.

It makes no mention of the 15-plus centimetres of snow Chilliwack received overnight.

BC Transit states the impacts to service have resulted in the need to alter schedules on short notice to reflect changing conditions/cancel the following routes:

• VEDDER #51

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0553 – 0658 – 0811 –UFV, 0636 – 0746 Downtown

• PROMONTORY #54

0600 – Cottonwood Mall, 0627 – Teskey & Promontory

• EVANS #52

0710 – Cottonwood Mall

• INDUSTRIAL #59

0730 – Downtown

• TYSON #58

0800 – Cottonwood Mall, 0813 – Tyson and Keith Wilson

“To minimize the impact these service challenges are having on customers, alerts are being posted immediately on BC Transit’s website once trip cancellations are confirmed,” BC Transit concluded in its social media post.