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Highway Alert: Snow and icy sections east from Hope, west to the Valley mainly clear

Environment Canada warning of 10 to 15 centimetres in Fraser Canyon and Coquihalla
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Drivers heading east on Highway 3, Coquihalla and through the Fraser Canyon will see snowy conditions along the major routes, westbound driving conditions are mostly clear.

Environment Canada issued a weather warning this morning, with 15 centimetres of snow expected for Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton and the Coquihalla from Hope to Merritt. Around 10 centimetres are expected to fall in the Fraser Canyon.

Highway 3 is already seeing compact snow and slippery sections in the Manning Park area, DriveBC warns. Highway 5 is seeing icy sections around Yale and reaching the Coquihalla Summitt compact snow and icy sections, DriveBC warns.

Heading west, conditions looks clear this mornig except for compact snow on Highway 1 around Laidlaw and delays on Highway 7 at the Agassiz Bridge.

Further east more snow was forecast yesterday, this morning Environment Canada ended these warnings for Vernon, West Kootenay, the Coquihalla from Merritt to Kamloops and Highway 3 from Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass.

More to come.