{"id":79212,"date":"2025-12-15T10:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=79212"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:02:24","slug":"hwy-17-wawa-to-batchawana-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/hwy-17-wawa-to-batchawana-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwy 17 (Wawa to Batchawana) is OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.01.05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-79213\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.01.05-221x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.01.05-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.01.05-442x600.png 442w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.01.05.png 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>Highway 17 from Wawa to Batchawana is indeed open. It has been open since Sunday morning at 2:25.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, however, the mapping and text show that the highway is still closed. The screen shot to the right was taken at 10:00 a.m. ON511 does acknowledge that they are having issues with their website, via a banner on the top of the &#8220;Incidents&#8217; page.<\/p>\n<p>In a humorous thought &#8211; maybe they will just leave the notification saying closed, since in the past week the highway has been closed more than open, and with the current streamers, it could happen again.<\/p>\n<p>If you think that Highway 17 in the Wawa area has been closed there are a few ways to check.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wawa-news<\/li>\n<li>JJAM-FM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Social Media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"html-h1 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1vvkbs x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x193iq5w xeuugli\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x14z4hjw x41vudc x1q74xe4 xyesn5m x1xlr1w8 xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">Northern Ontario Traffic Alerts &#8211; Alertes Routiers <\/span>on facebook. With over 86,000 members, road closures and especially road conditions are updated frequently by motorists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Waze:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by using Waze to plan your trip, motorists can update road hazards, traffic delays in real time for their fellow travellers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ontario Provincial Police:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Superior East no longer issues media releases regarding road closures &#8211; sporadic posts can be seen on FB and X<\/li>\n<li>Ontario Provincial Police &#8211; North East Region posts information on fb, but not on a regular basis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ON511 Webcam:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.04.00.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-79214\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.04.00-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.04.00-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.04.00-600x315.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.04.00-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-15-at-10.04.00.png 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you check ON511&#8217;s webcams you see that the views from the Batchawana webcam show the intersection where OPP commonly place the barricade, and you can also see the lineup (screenshot to the right). Unfortunately, the webcam at Wawa doesn&#8217;t show either barricade placements (17 south, and 17 north\/west)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Highway 17 from Wawa to Batchawana is indeed open. It has been open since Sunday morning at 2:25. 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