Westside Road near West Kelowna to reopen on Monday following landslide

Westside Road will be closed through the weekend as crews work to clear the landslide that washed out the route between West Kelowna and Vernon earlier this week. Crews are working to clear the debris left by the slide and repair the damaged road, according to a Ministry of Transportation press release issued today, April 4. The blockage is 13 kilometres east of West Kelowna between Main Street and Denison Road. Crews will also be adding new culverts at the site to protect that section of road from any future slides. "The washout occurred following heavy rainfall, which triggered water and debris to release down a channel and cover the road," the ministry said in the release. No structure damage or injuries were reported in the landslide. https://infotel.ca/newsitem/no-one-hurt-in-landslide-on-westside-road-near-west-kelowna/it108679 The ministry expects the road to reopen to single lane alternating traffic on Monday. For the latest on the Westside Road closure go to DriveBC here https://www.drivebc.ca/ . To contact a reporter for this story, email Jesse Tomas mailto:jtomas@infonews.ca  or call 250-488-3065 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. Find our Journalism Ethics policy here. https://infotel.ca/newsitem/code-of-ethics/it106782 We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .