Posted: Jun. 8, 2023 6:05PMWithout the regular day-to-day traffic coming into Ucluelet from Highway 4, supplies are running thin.Rationing is in effect at Ucluelet and Tofino gas stations, limiting customers to 30 litres or sixty dollars of gas.“We don’t have any concerns about running out of fuel. We’ve been in this position before with extended closures such as the Kennedy Lake repairs. And things of that nature,” Thomas said.
Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.“I think somebody needs to talk to the world, because the world is coming to the west coast, and they need to know what’s going on,” May said. The message to tourists, and others, planning on driving the rugged detour to the west coast is to be safe.
“We certainly aren’t going to tell people not to come. We want people to come, safely though. And that’s always the key takeaway,” Thomas said.