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Updated Official Community Plan adopted

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023

After a three-year community visioning and OCP update initiative, which included extensive public consultation, Council has adopted the updated Official Community Plan (OCP).

“Building on the award-winning Community Vision, West Kelowna Council has adopted an updated Official Community Plan that sets out a path for welcoming and accommodating more than 12,000 new residents by 2040 and makes West Kelowna truly the place to be,” says Mayor Gord Milsom....

Council Highlights - Sept. 12, 2023

Regular Council Meeting

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023

Community encouraged to stay strong during McDougall Creek Wildfire response and recovery

Council thanked the community for staying strong and remaining compassionate during the McDougall Creek Wildfire, which remains out of control. The Emergency Operations Centre continues to work in consultation with the BC Wildfire Service, West Kelowna Fire Rescue, and other agencies to get those still on evacuation order safely home as soon as possible....

Menu Road paving begins Sept. 13: single-lane traffic from Ourtoland Road to the Menu Reservoir

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, Sept. 11, 2023

Residents in Sunnyside can expect single-lane traffic beginning Wednesday, Sept. 13 for two days of scheduled paving on Menu Road from Ourtoland Road to the Menu Reservoir.

Single-lane, alternating traffic will be in effect from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and motorists may encounter delays of up to 20 minutes to accommodate crews and equipment working in the area.

Menu Road: Single-lane alternating traffic from Ourtoland Road to the Menu Reservoir

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Detours shift to weekdays only as crews finish paving on first phase of Boucherie Multi-use Pathway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023

With construction activity resuming on City roads, the Boucherie Multi-use Pathway Project is nearing completion of this phase of the project.

The detour on Boucherie Road between Ogden Road and Montigny Road is scheduled to be lifted in the evenings and on weekends, starting tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 8, as crews begin paving. The detour along this route is expected to remain in effect Monday to Friday, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. until at least late...

CITY OF WEST KELOWNA COMMUNITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

McDougall Creek Wildfire

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

STATUS OF McDOUGALL CREEK WILDFIRE IN WEST KELOWNA: REMAINS ‘NOT HELD’ 

Over the Labour Day long weekend, BC Wildfire with support from West Kelowna Fire Rescue continued fire suppression activity in the Powers Creek drainage area as mentioned in previous updates from the City, BC Wildfire and the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).

As wildfire efforts have transitioned into forest fire operations in the hills and drainage primarily behind the...