UPDATE - Some Major BC Routes Reopened But Not All

December 12 2025 8 am - Damage from heavy rainfall continues to impact travel between the Lower Mainland and the Interior, with flooding, fallen rock and debris, and high avalanche hazards creating rapidly changing conditions.

The province is urging travellers to monitor emergency messaging and expect sudden changes.

High waterflow resulted in significant damage. Image provided by BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit

Officials continue to emphasize that this is a dynamic, evolving situation, and more closures are possible with little or no notice. Before travelling check DriveBC

As of Thursday evening (Dec. 11, 2025), several previously closed routes have reopened:

• Highway 7 – fully reopened

• Highway 1 (Yale–Lytton, Canyon section) – reopened

• Highway 5 (Coquihalla) – reopened between Hope and Merritt after earlier flooding at Sowaqua

• Highway 99 – reopened between Mount Currie and Lillooet

• Highway 8 – reopened

However, significant closures remain:

• Highway 1 eastbound from Highway 9 to Hope – closed

• Highway 1 between Highway 11 and No. 3 Road – closed in both directions

• Highway 3 between Hope and Princeton – closed due to debris

• Highway 11 (Sumas) – closed to commercial traffic; local traffic only Border Services is asking non-local travellers to avoid the area due to U.S. evacuation operations and flooding in Washington State.

  
  

Evacuation orders and alerts remain in effect in parts of the Fraser Valley, including Wilson Road and Chilliwack Road, where a local state of emergency has been declared.

Additional alerts and flood warnings are active for areas of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford and Princeton.