Image: Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure / An undated photo from 2024 of flood repair work along Silver Skagit Road, south of Hope, B.C.

By Don Mitchell

Road Closure

Silver Skagit Road closed for six months, flood repairs to resume in Spring 2025

Nov 22, 2024 | 3:38 PM

HOPE – The province has once again closed a portion of Silver Skagit Road, located south of Hope, for the next six months.

BC’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said the shutdown is “seasonal” and that work to repair flood-damaged sites, linked to flooding in late 2021, will resume in April 2025.

“Construction is underway along the route and will continue through the 2024 and 2025 construction seasons to repair the remaining 13 flood-damaged sites,” the province said in a statement.

“Silver Lake Campground and Silver Lake Provincial Park are closed to the public for a seasonal shutdown until May 1, 2025.”

Silver Skagit Road, a 58-kilometre stretch between Hope and the Canada–USA border, sustained damage at more than 38 sites during the 2021 flooding.

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Repairs began in May 2024 following geotechnical and hydrotechnical assessments.

Once complete, approximately 50 kilometres of the road, starting from the 10-kilometre mark, will be restored.