{"id":84968,"date":"2026-07-18T10:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=84968"},"modified":"2026-07-18T10:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:48:52","slug":"hwy-599-road-closure-update-escorted-access-through-closure-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/hwy-599-road-closure-update-escorted-access-through-closure-area\/","title":{"rendered":"HWY 599 Road Closure Update \u2013 Escorted Access Through Closure Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Due to current wildfire conditions, access through the road closure requires an official escort. There will be two escorted trips per day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Southbound (Pickle Lake to Hwy 516 Junction)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Trip 1: Departs 10:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meet at Airport Road \/ Hwy 599 (Pickle Lake)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Trip 2: Departs 8:30 p.m. (20:30)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meet at Airport Road \/ Hwy 599 (Pickle Lake)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Northbound (Hwy 516 Junction to Pickle Lake)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Trip 1: Departs 7:00 a.m.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meet at the Hwy 599 \/ Hwy 516 Junction<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Trip 2: Departs 6:00 p.m. (18:00)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meet at the Hwy 599 \/ Hwy 516 Junction<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>If you miss a scheduled departure, you must wait for the next scheduled escort trip.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Traffic will be one-way only during escort operations. No two-way traffic will be permitted.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Do not pass the pilot vehicle at any time.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Travel is at your own risk.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Escort trips may be cancelled or modified without notice due to changing wildfire conditions and operational requirements.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"auto\">If you have questions, contact:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dale McGill<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">807-456-2327<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dale.mcgill@ontario.ca<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to current wildfire conditions, access through the road closure requires an official escort. There will be two escorted trips per day. Southbound (Pickle Lake to Hwy 516 Junction) Trip 1: Departs 10:30 a.m. Meet at Airport Road \/ Hwy 599 (Pickle Lake) Trip 2: Departs 8:30 p.m. (20:30) Meet at Airport Road \/ Hwy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3408],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ner-forest-fire-updates"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-25 14:35:56","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\/84968","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84969,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84968\/revisions\/84969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}