Highway 1 through Kicking Horse Canyon (photo courtesy of the B.C. Government / Flickr)

By Liam Verster

Closed April 11 to 15

Highway 1 east of Golden to be closed following Easter weekend

Apr 4, 2023 | 10:25 AM

The highway between Golden and Lake Louise will be closed for five days following the Easter long weekend.

The B.C. government said Highway 1 will be closed from noon Tuesday, April 11, until 11:59 p.m. Saturday, April 15, for work on the Kicking Horse Canyon project.

The closure is necessary to prepare for localized traffic shift enabling the contractor to continue work on structures near the western end of the project.

During the closure period, traffic on Highway 1 from Golden will be routed via highways 93S and 95, which will add approximately an hour and a half of travel time trough the area.

Road signs will be displayed announcing the closure and directing traffic along the alternate route.

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Travellers are advised to use caution and watch for wildlife, school children and school buses while going through the detour.

While the work is ongoing, the construction zone will open briefly twice a day to limited local and commuter traffic with prearranged permits. Those individuals will be escorted through the work site by police vehicles during half-hour periods between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Similar escorts will be provided to school buses.

Drivers are reminded to obey construction zone speed limits, follow directs of traffic personnel, and check for delay updates at DriveBC.

Emergency vehicles responding to an incident or a call for service will be provided escorted passage on short notice.

This five-day closure is expected to be the last full closure of Highway 1 through the Kicking Horse Canyon until this fall.

The work to widen a 4.8 kilometre section of the highway into a four-lane road is expected to be complete in the winter of 2023-24.