New Wine Trail Officially Opened

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 13, 2019

Mayor Gord Milsom and members of West Kelowna Council were joined today by representatives of the Westside Wine Trail to take part in a sabering event to officially open Phase 2 of the City’s Boucherie Road – Wine Trail Upgrade project.

Friends, neighbours and project contractors joined in the celebration as well which involved a sabering of a bottle of sparkling wine to mark the occasion. A sabering is a technique used for ceremonial occasions involving using a saber or large knife to open a bottle of sparkling wine.

The City of West Kelowna thanks the following project funding partners:

• Gas Tax Regionally Significant Fund – Canada and BC - $400,000
• Bike BC – BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure – $258,697
• Developer contributions - $135,000
• ICBC Road Improvement Program - $123,600
• BC Hydro Community Re-greening Program - $6,000

A City also sends a special thank you to the residents and wineries along the project for their patience during construction.

Work on the $9.1 million project took place from April to December 2018 and involved the construction of:

• 15,300 square metres of asphalt roadway
• 1,200 metres of storm main with varying diametres from 250 mm to 450 mm
• 1,700 metres of 450 mm watermain
• 2,400 metres of concrete curb and gutter
• 4,100 square metres of concrete sidewalk
• 5,700 square metres of cycling track
• 80 ornamental street lights
• Landscape trees, shrubs and irrigation
• Retaining walls
• Roundabouts at Hudson Road/Boucherie Road and Anders Road/Cordova Way/Boucherie Road