Road Closures (Wawa area) – UPDATE

Dec 6, 2017 @ 12:13

At 12:06 p.m. Highway 547 (Hawk Junction) was reopened.

At 11:51 a.m. Highway 101 was reopened.

Highway 17 has been reopened.

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Dec 6, 2017 @ 07:37

There are a number of sources for road closure information: Twitter, Ontario511 and OPP Media Releases. Wawa-news will try to keep this updated as the storm continues. Ontario511 website appears to be the best place to check for road closure information.

Do not call OPP for road closure information, this ties up dispatchers.

 

Highway	From	time of closure	opening
101	Wawa to Highway 144 (Timmins)	2:33 a.m. Dec 6	11:51 a.m. Dec. 6	whiteouts and heavy snow	OPP Tweet
17	Wawa to Batchewana Bay	8:44 p.m. Dec 5		weather conditions	OPP Tweet then press release
547	Highway 101 to Hawk Junction	2:55 a.m. Dec 6	12:06 p.m. Dec. 6	weather conditions	Ontario511 Tweet