{"id":78790,"date":"2025-12-01T11:12:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=78790"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:36:08","slug":"poor-conditions-at-montreal-river-hill-close-highway-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/poor-conditions-at-montreal-river-hill-close-highway-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Conditions at Montreal River Hill close Highway 17 &#8211; OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>Dec 1, 2025 at 11:12<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ON511 has notified that Highway 17 is open. &#8216;Find my Plow&#8217; is showing 6 plows working between Wawa and the Sault at this time. Please be aware of changing road conditions and travel safely.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>Dec 1, 2025 at 11:02<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2384-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-78809\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2384-web-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2384-web-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2384-web.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>OPP have been seen removing the barricade preventing travel south on Highway 17.<\/p>\n<p>ON511 has not yet officially notified via alert or on the website that the highway is open.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>Dec 1, 2025 at 10:50<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.45.34-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78806\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.45.34-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.45.34-web.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.45.34-web-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Road conditions have improved and vehicles have been moving down the hill.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>Dec 1, 2025 at 10:40<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.30.35-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-78801 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.30.35-web-300x181.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.30.35-web-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.30.35-web.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Traffic on the hill is beginning to move.It appears that some of the transports headed down the hill have moved. &#8216;Track my Plow&#8217; on ON511 shows two plows working the hill.<\/p>\n<p>Road conditions still do not look very good at this time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>Dec 1, 2025 at 10:32<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Highway 17 is closed between Wawa (Pinewood Drive) and Batchawana Bay (Junction of 17\/563) due to Highway 17 being blocked at the Montreal River Hill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.31.06-closed.png\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78798\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.31.06-closed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.31.06-closed.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.31.06-closed-300x25.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><span id=\"timestamp\"><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>Dec 1, 2025 at 10:22<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.18.27.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78791\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.18.27.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.18.27.png 522w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-01-at-10.18.27-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2381-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78796 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2381-web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>OPP are currently stopping traffic from heading south to Sault Ste. Marie on Highway 17. There are multiple vehicles stuck on the Montreal River Hill at this time, as you can see on the screen clip above from ON511 webcam at Montreal River Hill. At this time, the snow fall has become heavier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 1, 2025 at 11:12 ON511 has notified that Highway 17 is open. &#8216;Find my Plow&#8217; is showing 6 plows working between Wawa and the Sault at this time. Please be aware of changing road conditions and travel safely. Dec 1, 2025 at 11:02 OPP have been seen removing the barricade preventing travel south on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,3336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-area-road-closures"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 22:53:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78790"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78812,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78790\/revisions\/78812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}