Climate Action

The City of West Kelowna acknowledges that emissions conitnue to grow due to steady community growth, demands for modern, urban, municipal programs and services and response and recovery required for flooding and forest fires.

Despite these pressures, the city will continue to push forward with ongoing adaptation, broad planning, building, energy, green space, solid waste, transportation and water and wastewater efforts aimed at curbing emissions.

To learn more about the city's Climate Actions in 2018 and what's planned for 2019, please read our Climate Actions Report:

2018 Climate Actions Report

Emissions (in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent or tCO2e) in the past four years have been:

• 2,130 in 2015
• 2,124 in 2016
• 2,332 in 2017
• 2,371 in 2018

Climate Action projects in recent years include:

• Boucherie Road Wine Trail Upgrade Phase II, including 2.8 new lane kilometres of cycling lanes and 2.8 new lane kilometres of sidewalks, roundabouts, LED street lighting, boulevard trees and transit pullouts.
• LED streetlight conversion pilot project.
• Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Station on Brown Road.
• Gellatly Road Upgrade, with sidewalks, cycling lanes, bus bays and street trees for 1.5km between the Cove Lakeside Resort and Rotary Park.
• Brown Road Upgrade, with sidewalks, new water and sewer mains, curb and gutter, street trees and irrigated landscaping from Gossett Road to Main Street.
• Westlake Road Upgrade from Highway 97 to Starlight Crescent, with bus bays, cycling lanes, crossing for protected turtle species, roundabout at Stevens Road, sidewalks and pedestrian crossings and upgraded turn lanes and accesses.
• Silver LEED® Certified West Kelowna RCMP Detachment.
• Rapid Bus expansion and exchanges at Elliott and Westgate Roads, in partnership with Government of Canada, Province of British Columbia, BC Transit and local governments.