Power finally restored in Queensborough after Wednesday morning outage

After a transformer fire on the Queensborough Bridge closed the bridge and knocked out power in the Queensborough neighbourhood yesterday morning, the lights finally came back on early Thursday morning.

And while residents knew they were in for a wait, they likely didn’t expect the wait would be more than 24 hours as it turned out to be.

Originally, the City of New Westminster estimated the outage would last 8 to 10 hours.

It turned out to be a little longer than that, and it wasn’t until the early morning hours on Thursday that power was restored.

Power is now back on in Queensborough with the exception of a small portion of Port Royal which should be back up soon. #NewWest

— New_Westminster (@New_Westminster) October 26, 2017

Power has now been restored in Port Royal. #NewWest

— New_Westminster (@New_Westminster) October 26, 2017

It also appears that the bridge is once again at full capacity.

#NewWest Electrical crews have left the #Queensborough Bridge so the second southbound lane should be open shortly.

— New_Westminster (@New_Westminster) October 26, 2017

See also

• The Queensborough Bridge is currently closed in both directions
• Burrard Bridge to finally fully reopen this Saturday after $35-million project
• North Vancouver proposes new policies to clear bridge accidents faster