Shoihet said there would be notification signage before each road check, with u-turn routes. “People travelling for essential reasons through those areas can expect traffic delays,” she said. Commercial vehicles will not be subject to road checks. Shoihet said the RCMP was acting under the Emergency Program Act in banning non-essential travel between the Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and North/Interior due to COVID-19. No road checks are planned for the Island, but B.C. Ferries passengers are being asked whether their travel is essential. This travel ban was announced by Premier John Horgan two weeks ago, as the province’s third wave of COVID-19 was peaking. It outlaws non-essential travel between health regions and comes with a $575 fine. It will be in place until at least May 25.