After more than a year of waiting, drivers along Highway 97 near Summerland , B.C., will soon see work begin on a long-term fix to a stretch of road hit by a rockslide in 2023.

“It’s about time, people have been waiting a long time for this,” said Summerland Mayor Doug Holmes.

The rockslide forced the closure of the section between Callan and North Beach roads, reducing the highway to two lanes and causing repeated delays and detours for commuters and tourists alike.

According to Steve Sirett, the Southern Interior Executive Director with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, crews were able to temporarily stabilize the slope late last year.

“Since the slide occurred, a significant amount of work was done to get to a point where we were temporarily stabilized,” Sirett

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