Highway traffic was snarled in West Vancouver and multiple agencies were called out Tuesday after a rock slide north of Horseshoe Bay knocked down electrical wires and sent boulders over the northbound lanes of Highway 99.
Nobody was injured and no vehicles were damaged in the rock slide, which happened around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. But drivers faced significant delays as crews shut down both northbound lanes for an hour to clear the rock and restore power lines.
The largest piece, which fell down on the shoulder of the highway, was about the size of wheelbarrow, said West Vancouver police spokesman Const. Jeff Wood. Most of the rocks were much smaller.
Transportation Minister Todd Stone answered questions on the rock slide in the hallways of the legislature Wednesday, saying crews are out monitoring the highway corridor. "Mother Nature can throw curve balls this time of year."
