Still time to provide input on SS Sicamous park plan

PENTICTON – The City of Penticton has extended its deadline for pubic input on design concepts for the SS Sicamous park area.

Residents interested in commenting on the project will now have until Oct. 16 to do so.

First phase of a multi-phase plan to reconstruct the area around the SS Sicamous includes improvements to the entrance to the park area, a path and boardwalk for the length of the jetty into Okanagan Lake, limited day moorage, erosion control measures, selection of a design theme and the preservation of swimming and kayaking launch areas.

The SS Sicamous Master Plan has been incorporated into the Official Community Plan, with the initial phase design now underway in order to provide budget information for a spring 2016 construction start.

Residents can also provide feedback through an online survey available at the project’s webpage.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Steve Arstad

Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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