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Bears Are Back, Take Responsibility for your Trash

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: From the Regional District of Central Okanagan

May 7, 2020

The Regional Waste Reduction Office is sending out the spring reminder to do your part in keeping neighbourhoods safe by managing all things that attract wildlife around your home, including your household garbage.

Conservation Officers confirm bears have already been spotted in several neighbourhoods from Peachland to West Kelowna and beyond. Waste Reduction Facilitator Rae Stewart says that means it’s time to be extra...

Construction to start on Glenrosa/McIver Road Improvement Project

Construction of one of West Kelowna’s largest road improvement projects is getting underway in early May. BC General Contracting has been awarded the contract  and will be mobilizing to site in the second week of May.

The project includes road and area upgrades between McGinnis and Glen Abbey Roads, the addition of a sidewalk connection to Webber Road, and realignment of the Glenrosa/McIver intersection. Pedestrian access will also be improved on McIver Road, from Glenrosa to McTaggart, and drainage...

New Gellatly Bridge Opens On Schedule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 01, 2020

The first cars crossed the new Gellatly Bridge over Powers Creek as the modernized infrastructure opened to the public on time and within budget.

Bridge replacement construction began in January, and despite minor service changes during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the project finished on schedule and incurred no cost overruns. Along with the opening of the bridge, Rotary Trails Park and parking lot, which crews used for a construction staging area, have also...

Click, Call or Check Before You Dig

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 30, 2020

With construction and gardening season underway, the City of West Kelowna reminds everyone – contractors and residents – to click, call or check before digging – the service is free!

From water main breaks to natural gas line leaks and damage to sewers and drains, the repercussions of not checking before breaking ground can cause injuries or even death, delay your project, impact utility services provided in the community and damage your property and the surrounding...