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Authorities on Tuesday identified two women and a man killed in three fatal crashes over a five-day span on Contra Costa County's deadliest highway last week.
With Highway 4 reopened, Vancouver Island communities' attention has shifted to compensation from the closure and plans for an alternate route to prevent future shutdowns.
The Ministry of Transportation says it expects the key route to be open by the Labour Day long weekend, but that work will require one more full closure next week.
Until 9 p.m. on Thursday, crews will be removing about a dozen "refrigerator-sized boulders" by Cameron Lake Bluffs as part of rock-scaling work that began in June.
Highway 4 was fully closed to traffic Thursday as crews removed large boulders, a key step to repairing the route to fully reopen after damage from a June wildfire.