A hazard assessment commissioned by the B.C. government has identified 45 kilometres of old logging roads at high risk of landslides reaching Highway 99 — in the same area where a rain-triggered slide killed five people south of Lillooet in 2021.

The hazard assessment, completed in 2023, was obtained through a freedom of informationrequest by Postmedia News after the B.C. Forests Ministry refused to release the report.

The 86-page report, produced by Westrek Geotechnical Services Ltd., recommended further inspection to determine the best way to deactivate the roads and reduce landslide risk — and then carrying out that work. The Hwy. 99 area that was assessed — between Duffey Lake and Lillooet — is about 100 kilometres northeast by road from Whistler.

The Forests Ministry didn’t respond

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