Editor's Note: While all of the roads are showing as being reopened on 511, the agency is also reporting technical issues with its incidents and closures.
The first day of spring has brought in a winter storm that's closed several area highways.
A winter storm warning remains in effect today (March 20) for Timmins, Cochrane and Iroquois Falls. By the end of the storm this afternoon, Environment Canada forecasts the area will have had 20 to 40 centimetres of snow.
School buses are cancelled in all areas except Hearst.
The road closures being reported on 511 as of 6:30 a.m. are:
- Highway 144 between Timmins and the Watershed
- Highway 101 between Wawa and Matheson
- Highway 11 655 between Timmins and Driftwood (Highway 11)
- Highway 11 from Kapuskasing to Kenogami
Road conditions and closures are available online at 511on.ca.