Travel and gas restrictions now in place as flood cleanup underway in B.C.
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British Columbians are starting to feel the effects of supply chain issues following floods and landslides that left thousands evacuated from their homes, highways destroyed and entire regions swamped.
It has been nearly a week since record-shattering rainfall left communities across southern B.C. devastated, with upwards of 14,000 still away from their homes due to floodwaters.
Those in flood-ravaged areas will now only be able to fill up to 30 litres of fuel per visit to the gas station as the supply chain continues to be affected.
The emergency order, announced on Friday, covers drivers in the Lower Mainland-to-Hope region, the Sea-to-Sky region, the Sunshine Coast, the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island. It will be in effect until Dec. 1. Essential vehicles will be exempt from the order.
"It's 10 to 11 days that we have to pull together as a province. If we're greedy, we'll fail," B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth told reporters at a news conference on Friday.
Farnworth said the storm forced the closure of the Trans Mountain pipeline, along with rail and highway links allowing the passage of fuel province-wide.
Fuel supplies are also coming in from Alberta, Washington, Oregon and California to help with the shortage.
Another emergency order announced at the news conference limited travel on provincial highways to essential traffic only, even as more arterial roads started to reopen across the province.
Police checkpoints will be set up at certain locations to enforce the order, and violators will be fined.
Essential vehicles allowed on the highways include emergency responders, public transit, commercial transport vehicles, infrastructure repair vehicles and health-care transportation.
The highways where non-essential travel has been restricted include:
Highway 3, a key link from Metro Vancouver to the province's Interior, was reopened to single-lane alternating traffic on Friday.
A part of Highway 1 on Vancouver Island, known as the Malahat, was also open on both lanes ahead of time on Friday evening.
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