Police barricade roads as conditions deteriorate across Metro Vancouver
METRO VANCOUVER - Here we go again.
Snow is coming down across Metro Vancouver, disrupting how people are getting around.
Vancouver police are warning residents to stay off the roads unless they absolutely have to go out.
Police have barricaded streets along Boundary Road and Granville, Cambie and Main streets, according to Const. Jana McGuinness.
"Conditions have deteriorated considerably throughout the evening," she said in a news release.
At least two #98 B-Line buses, including one articulated bus, are stuck on the Arthur Laing Bridge.
Stuck cars line the sides of Granville and Oak streets.
Oak and 33rd is blocked off, according to Twitter user erichharvey, as cars are unable to make it up the hill near Van Dusen Gardens.
At Vancouver International Airport, planes are unable to land on one runway.
At the same time, some flights are being delayed and cancelled due to weather, says an alert on YVR's website.
Officials are working to remove the small plane that slid off the south runway onto the grass just before 6 p.m.
The five people in the plane, which came from Mexico, were not injured.
Travel by road doesn't look any better.
"Road and weather conditions are in a 'near whiteout' situation over much of Metro Vancouver, and are getting worse," said Drew Snider of TransLink in a news release.
Buses to SFU and UBC have been suspended.
Buses in North Vancouver are stopping short of the Upper Levels Highway.
In West Vancouver, buses are getting stuck on route 255 Lynnmour, so service has been stopped.
The rest of the Lower Mainland is also seeing snow and high winds, affecting service in Surrey, Coquitlam and Richmond, Snider said.
On the water, BC Ferries reports that the Spirit of British Columbia has cancelled two sailings -- the 5 p.m. from Swartz Bay and the 7 p.m. from Tsawwassen -- due to the weather.
BC Hydro reports nearly 5,000 Lower Mainland customers are out of power. Upwards of 10,000 customers on Vancouver Island are without power too.
Snider says SkyTrain service is not being affected.
Here are the service updates for Coast Mountain Bus Co. as of 8:29 p.m.:
North Vancouver:
#229 to route Lonsdale, Hwy 1, Lynn Valley in both directions
#230 service to terminate at 23 st & Lonsdale
#246 to turn at Queens
#210 terminating at Phibbs.
#236 Grouse: no service at this time
#210 terminating at Phibbs
Tri Cities:
#C28 using Robson both ways.
#C27 using Noons Creek, David.
#C29 using Johnson/Pannorama/Parkway.
#151 to route via Mariner both directions.
#156 use Laurentian both ways, route Brunette, Schoolhouse, Lougheed both ways
#157 use Marmont not Lebleau
#153 route Brunette, Schoolhouse, Lougheed both ways
#97 currently no buses are running along Clarke Hill. They are trying to stop and turn around if possible near Clarke and North and Clarke and St Johns
Vancouver:
In Vancouver, Georgia is extremely slippery
#16 is not using Arbutus, but going via Granville to 63rd in both directions
Bus service is currently suspended to UBC (terminating at Highbury or Alma)
Burnaby:
Bus service is currently suspended to SFU (terminating at Duthie and Production)
In West Vancouver:
#253 Caulfeild and #254 British Properties are on snow route;
#255 Lynnmour has stopped altogether due to buses stuck in various spots.
#257 Horseshoe Bay Express is going via Marine Drive.
Both Horseshoe Bay routes are going all the way to the ferry terminal.
See TransLink updates here.
Check YVR's website here for up-to-date arrival and departure information.
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Polic...cross+Metro+Vancouver/1139673/story.html
Captured on the boardwalk of False Creek in Yaletown.
Photograph by: Jim Hejl
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