Well, it just wouldn't do to criticize BC's Department of Highways, or National Parks, OR the Federal Government. So it's got to be the fault of the mountains, eh? After all, with only ONE highway through the mountains (other than two others that are WAY out of the way), serving as really the only land link joining the Kingdom of BC to the ex-Kingdom of Klein, what are a few mudslides? Gotta expect them, eh.
Yup, after a winter of multi, multi-day closures on the Trans Canada Highway (rock slides, avalanches....), the venerable TCH was closed for 2 days recently from a mud slide; it just re-opened today only to be promptly closed again from another mud slide.
I'm beginning to wonder if these are the signs of years of neglect from various levels of "government". Major transportation links almost unusable. Is this poor planning? Or can we just blame this on those "darn" mountains? All I can say is it's a good thing, given the state of Passports Canada, that we don't need passports to leave BC. But of course, the chances are good that if you tried to leave, the roads would be closed anyway.
What am I thinking? Who'd want to leave the Kootenays, anyway?
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