Incidents on the Island Highway, the Trans-Canada Highway and the Pat Bay highway were causing major delays all around Greater Victoria during the Friday evening commute.
Hey #yyjtraffic are you having trouble getting home tonight? Check out this video from @Meghanstwins showing the back up on the TCH. @VictoriaNews @GoldstreamNews pic.twitter.com/PEWZqmH5gj
— kendra crighton (@kendracrighton) January 25, 2020
Rush hour got an early start Highway 1 due to a reported vehicle that went off the road between the McKenzie interchange and the Helmcken overpass.
Traffic backed up past Mayfair going Northbound TCH #yyjtraffic
— Calum (@Calum_C) January 24, 2020
Another incident on the Pat Bay Highway caused massive delays for commuters. Adding to the traffic headache, View Royal Fire Department confirmed a cyclist was hit on Island Highway causing major delays in that area.
Did everyone in Victoria decide to leave work at the same time today? WTF is with traffic #YYJ. A 15 min drive home just took me an hour! #yyjtraffic #wtf #smallcityproblems
— Melissa Elliott (@AlohaGinger) January 25, 2020
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This has backed up traffic considerably from VGH / Helmcken all the way to West Saanich road. #yyjtraffic
— Mark Rosario (@markrosario) January 25, 2020
One person on Twitter said traffic was backed up beyond Mayfair Mall on Douglas Street.
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According to Google Traffic Maps the traffic has cleared.
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