Flooding stopped traffic on Crofton and Cowichan Bay roads Thursday.
Crofton Road in Crofton was closed in both directions at the junction with Highway 1, with drivers asked to take a detour via Herd Road to Osborne Bay Road.
“It’s flooded mostly due to tidal influence and heavy rains,” explained Leon Bohmer, operations manager with Mainroad South Island Contracting.
Bohmer noted that the road generally floods in this way around once a year or more.
Meanwhile Cowichan Bay Road was also closed Thursday due to flooding between the Trans-Canada Highway and Tzouhalem Road, with drivers advised to use Bench Road as an alternate route.
“As soon as the tide goes back out we’ll be able to dissipate the water,” Bohmer said Thursday morning. “It depends how much water’s in the back country. Sometimes it can take 24 hours or more, it just depends how much water is coming down the rivers.”
Both routes were expected to reopen sometime Thursday afternoon.
