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A temporary bypass has been open on Highway 148 in Luskville to emergency vehicles since Friday morning after the road was shut down by a large washout that destroyed a culvert.
Roger Larose, the Pontiac region mayor, said the bypass should be open to all traffic by mid-afternoon after Quebec’s Ministry of Transportation finishes installing a barricade on the side of the road.
“We’re getting close,” Larose said.
Karine Sauvé, a Quebec Ministry of Transportation spokeswoman, said crews have to replace the culvert, fill the washout with gravel and pave the shoulder before the temporary lane can open to traffic.
The highway has been closed between Nugent and Alary roads since Wednesday, forcing drivers on a 76-kilometre detour.
Once the temporary road is complete, “major” work to replace the culvert needs to be done and will take between four to six weeks, Sauvé said.
The washout, which measures about 10 metres deep and six metres wide, sent a higher than normal number of commuters to the Quyon ferry to get to Ontario instead of the hour-long detour.
Sauvé said a crew was sent to Highway 148 on Wednesday to inspect whether the small culvert was overloaded by runoff from heavy rains. While the crew was on the highway, the culvert collapsed. They were not using any machinery at the time.
The collapse was caused by erosion of the soil from heavy rain after the severe weather on Canada Day that caused a “microburst” windstorm sweep to through the area.
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Roger Larose, the Pontiac region mayor, said the bypass should be open to all traffic by mid-afternoon after Quebec’s Ministry of Transportation finishes installing a barricade on the side of the road.
“We’re getting close,” Larose said.
Karine Sauvé, a Quebec Ministry of Transportation spokeswoman, said crews have to replace the culvert, fill the washout with gravel and pave the shoulder before the temporary lane can open to traffic.
The highway has been closed between Nugent and Alary roads since Wednesday, forcing drivers on a 76-kilometre detour.
Once the temporary road is complete, “major” work to replace the culvert needs to be done and will take between four to six weeks, Sauvé said.
The washout, which measures about 10 metres deep and six metres wide, sent a higher than normal number of commuters to the Quyon ferry to get to Ontario instead of the hour-long detour.
Sauvé said a crew was sent to Highway 148 on Wednesday to inspect whether the small culvert was overloaded by runoff from heavy rains. While the crew was on the highway, the culvert collapsed. They were not using any machinery at the time.
The collapse was caused by erosion of the soil from heavy rain after the severe weather on Canada Day that caused a “microburst” windstorm sweep to through the area.
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/meghan_hurley
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