Highway 97 Improvements
South Okanagan highway resurfacing contract awarded to Penticton company
PENTICTON – A section of Highway 97 in the South Okanagan will be resurfaced by…
Section of Highway 97 closed overnight in Kelowna
KELOWNA – Highway 97 will be shut down completely overnight in north Kelowna for utility…
Highway 97 widening contract goes to Kelowna company
KELOWNA – Highway 97 will be widened to six lanes from Highway 33 to Edward…
Night construction could cause traffic delays in Kelowna next week
KELOWNA - A pair of roadwork projects on the city’s major highways will cause some delays next week. On both Highway 97 and Highway 33 road construction will reduce traffic to single-lane alternating traffic, according to information posted to the province’s Drive B.C. website. Work will take place east of Hollywood Road on Highway 33...
Median barriers will be installed on dangerous stretch of Highway 97
KELOWNA – A stretch of Hwy 97, notorious for crashes caused when a driver crosses the centre line, will receive nine kilometers of concrete median barriers this summer. The announcement was made Friday, May 8 with plans for phase one to begin this month. The $2.5-million project will start with work between University Way and...
Improvements to Birnie Road intersection part of provincial plan
VERNON - The intersection at Highway 97 and Birnie Road, which was the scene of a fatal accident in 2014, is one of the improvements targeted under a new ten-year provincial road improvement plan. The Birnie Road intersection is commonly used by Vernon residents on their way to the landfill. An accident along that stretch...