Image: DriveBC / Northbound Hwy. 11 near 2nd Avenue and the U.S.-Canada border is pictured as of Monday afternoon, Dec. 15. The City of Abbotsford says it has reopened over a dozen roads in Sumas Prairie due to improving conditions from receding floodwaters.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Reopened roads in Abbotsford

City of Abbotsford says over a dozen roads in Sumas Prairie have reopened due to improving conditions

Dec 15, 2025 | 6:56 PM

ABBOTSFORD — The City of Abbotsford says it has reopened over a dozen roads in Sumas Prairie due to improving conditions from receding floodwaters.

According to a social media post at 4:02 p.m. Monday afternoon, the following roads have been reopened:

• 2nd Avenue
• B Street
• Bateman Road between Wright Street and Highway 11
• Bowman Road South of Wells Line Road
• Cole Road from Hwy 1 to Wells Line Road
• Clayburn Road between Highway 11 and Wright Street (watch for pooling water on roadway)
• Hwy 1 on ramps (No3, Atkinson, Whatcom, Sumas Eastbound, Cole Road)
• Lamson South of Wells Line Road
• McDermott Road South of Wells Line Road
• Old Yale between Whatcom and Delair (watch for pooling water on roadway)
• South Parallel Westbound from No 3 Road to Cole
• Whatcom Road between Vye Road and Nelles Road
• Whatcom South of Vye to Boundary
• North Parallel from Old Yale Road to Whatcom