'Unstable crane' stops traffic, closes Vancouver SkyTrain station
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Vancouver police blocked traffic and the SkyTrain's Millennium Line suspended service to VCC-Clark Station due to an "unstable crane" in the area Thursday.
Vancouver police blocked traffic and the SkyTrain's Millennium Line suspended service to VCC-Clark Station due to an "unstable crane" in the area Thursday.
That's the phrase TransLink used to describe the cause of the service suspension in a post on social media.
The 84 bus route, which normally terminates at VCC-Clark, was extended to Commercial-Broadway Station due to the closure, the transit authority said, adding that the Expo Line was unaffected.
TransLink first posted about the closure at 11 a.m. By 1:30 p.m., it had announced that the affected SkyTrain line and bus route were resuming normal service.
In its own post, the Vancouver Police Department said "traffic is closed in both directions between Clark and Glen (drives), and on Keith (Drive) between E. 6th and 7th (avenues), as crews deal with a construction crane issue."
Multiple buildings are under construction in the area, which is near where Great Northern Way turns into East 6th Avenue.
The site in question appears to be 2150 Keith Dr., where a 10-storey mass-timber office building known as "The Hive" – which is slated to be ICBC's new headquarters – is under construction.
