Potholes
Ever present potholes causing damage to vehicles in Kamloops, Okanagan
For the second time, a Kamloops resident is stuck replacing a car tire after hitting…
iN PHOTOS: Recent freeze-thaw brings the potholes out in January
After the Okanagan went through a harsh cold spell, the thawing temperatures that arrived this…
It’s spring and that means potholes: What you can do about them
It’s a roadways nuisance that usually hits high season around this time of year- potholes.…
Blame the weather for hundreds of potholes in Kamloops this year
KAMLOOPS – The number of reported potholes in the city has nearly doubled this year…
‘The truck just crashed’: Family hits sink hole during trip to Vernon
VERNON – A Kamloops family visiting Vernon over the long weekend had a bit of…
You weren’t imagining it; there are more potholes in Vernon this year
VERNON – Potholes are worse this year, and there are more of them. Due to…
From snow and ice to potholes in Kelowna
KELOWNA – As the snow melts, drivers in Kelowna have gone from worrying about sliding…
City of Kelowna playing catch-up on roads after pothole complaints go up
KELOWNA - Ignore potholes in your roads and they will come back to haunt you. That’s the lesson Kelowna city council took away after approving $3.4 million for road resurfacing in the 2016 budget. Councillors heard the annual roads resurfacing program has been underfunded for several years as the city focused on other priorities. Complaints...
Penticton’s problems with potholes plummet after pleasant winter
PENTICTON - It’s pothole season in Penticton - but cruising the city streets, one would have a hard time noticing it. Penticton’s paved streets got a reprieve from severe winter damage this year due to the unseasonably mild and dry winter. Penticton Communications Officer Simone Blais said public works crews have been working throughout the...
Freeze thaw cycle and lots of snow could make for bad pothole season
KAMLOOPS - City crews are already working hard to stay on top of the potholes forming on city streets but because of temperatures hovering near 0 Celsius they are being forced to return to the same potholes multiple times. “Patches only last so long,” Streets Manager Glen Farrow points out. “We don’t have the hot...
Ski hill calls for improvements on B.C.’s worst road
“WE HAVE A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RESORT AT THE END OF A CRAPPY DRIVE” VERNON - A major Vernon tourism engine is calling for improvements on the province’s worst road. Silver Star Mountain Resort’s operations manager Brad Baker says something has to be done about Silver Star Road, which was nominated as the worst road in...
Spring cleaning on the Coquihalla
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — If you plan on hitting the highways this week plan for delays as crews clean and fix highways hit hard by a cold, wet winter that left potholes and frost heaves on many roads in the region. Work has already begun on some highways and over the next week drivers can expect to...