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Letter to the Editor: Whistler's highway chaos shameful

'The inconvenience of having the paving crew work graveyard shift cannot outweigh the whole town being blockaded'
highway 99 construction Whistler - 2010
Some drivers in Whistler were frustrated again this week after road work along the Sea to Sky highway south of Whistler Village resulted in hours-long delays.

To the powers that be: Can anyone tell me why they cannot pave the only road in, out of and through town (Highway 99) at night?

Plus, why can't the municipality and the Ministry of Highways coordinate so we at least have the only detour route open (Alta Lake Rd)?

The inconvenience of having the paving crew work graveyard shift cannot outweigh the whole town being blockaded, especially when many businesses are trying to recover from a pandemic downturn.

Keith Auchinachie // Whistler