Provincial load restrictions are updated as new information becomes available.

Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Transportation and Transit

Okanagan Shuswap District
Service Area 13 - Okanagan Shuswap

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PUBLIC NOTICE #8
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LOAD RESTRICTIONS within the Service Area 13 - Okanagan Shuswap (Celista, Chase, Cherryville, Enderby, Falkland, Lumby, Pritchard, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Vernon)

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Effective 7:00am PDT on Tuesday April 14th, 2026
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All Provincial Numbered Routes - UNRESTRICTED

All Provincial Side Roads, paved or gravel - 100% Legal Axle Loading except those listed at 70% below.

70% Legal Axle Loading:

VERNON AREA
Repeater Road #1037
Silver Star Resort Village roads
Silver Star Road #66 From Forsburg Rd to Silver Star Resort
Sovereign Lake Road #1014

Ministry Contact: Gulshan Chhokar, District Operations Technician, gulshan.chhokar@gov.bc.ca
Issued by: Bayle Chamberlain, District Manager, Transportation, Okanagan Shuswap District

All overload permits on restricted routes are invalid for the duration of these restrictions. The applicable tolerances provided under 7.26(1) of the regulations pursuant to the Commercial Transport Act shall apply. Violators of the regulations and restrictions will be prosecuted. The public, and trucking and transportation companies should govern themselves accordingly.

Online at: http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/loadrestrictions/loadrestrictions.htm

The Ministry of Transportation
urges you to check road conditions often.

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