Downtown Kelowna Construction
Overnight paving scheduled to begin Sunday on William R. Bennett bridge
KELOWNA – Get ready for some traffic slowdowns starting this weekend in Kelowna. According to…
Plan for a new hotel in downtown Kelowna just got a lot taller
KELOWNA – The company behind a proposal to build a high-rise hotel in downtown Kelowna…
Kelowna construction permits up $100 million in one year
CITY ISSUES CLOSE TO HALF-A-BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PERMITS IN 2015 KELOWNA – Building permits…
Final paving means end of Ethel Street construction is in sight
KELOWNA - A downtown Kelowna street is scheduled for final paving this week, putting it on pace to be reopened by the end of the month. Ethel Street from Harvey Avenue to Bernard Avenue will receive final paving this week and is scheduled to reopen at the end of November. The improvements include a separate...
Construction and new demand in downtown Kelowna creating parking crunch
KELOWNA - Development in downtown Kelowna is surging, putting a premium on parking spaces, and forcing the city to come up with a plan to deal with perceived shortages over the next three years. Kelowna city council will hear from parking manager Dave Duncan today who prepared the interim parking strategy based on a report...
How the city is going to try to make it easier for tourists in downtown Kelowna this summer
KELOWNA - Summer in downtown in Kelowna is going to be all about construction, traffic congestion and scarce parking as the city deals with an unusual number of big, building projects. “The biggest concern is construction during the summer when the volumes are highest and parking stalls are used the most,” Purvez Irani says. He's...
Road hogging continues as big block construction projects dominate downtown
KELOWNA - If you think Kelowna has endured a lot of big-ticket construction projects in the last few years, you would be right. If you thought it was over, you would be wrong. A number of large building projects, and all that goes with it — detours, lost parking spaces, narrowed roadways — have either...