The Village of Cache Creek has extended the local state of emergency put in place due to flooding by another week.

The state of emergency, which was declared last Sunday, April 30 was due to expire at midnight today, May 6. It has now been extended to midnight on Saturday May 13.

The village says there are 21 properties that remain on evacuation order with another 12 on evacuation alert.

“Life and property remain at risk due to a flooding event in the Village of Cache Creek and response to this flooding continues to require use of the emergency powers to regulate persons or property to protect the health, safety or welfare of people or to limit damage to property,” the Village said, in a statement Saturday.

In a statement Friday night, the village said crews were able to stop the flow of water through the Cache Creek fire hall, though they noted the culvert under nearby Quartz Road was still blocked.

Highway 1 and Highway 97 has reopened to a single-lane of alternating traffic with drivers being told to watch for heavy equipment working on the roads.

The BC government says it’s unable to say – at this point – when highway traffic through Cache Creek will be fully restored.

“We had a lot of over-topping of the highway, and that led to the erosion of some of the side and shoulder of our road,” Steve Sirett, Executive Director of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for the Southern Interior told RadioNL on Friday afternoon.

“Fortunately the creek is now back into our culvert, which has given us an opportunity to assess the damage.”

Cache Creek also brought in water restrictions Friday afternoon in a bid to preserve its water and sewer systems. Residents are being told to limit their water use to cooking and personal hygiene where possible until further notice.

For the latest on flooding information in Cache Creek, go here or to the Village of Cache Creek Facebook page here.