Satik Bridge
Restrictions on channel use until end of the month
PENTICTON - Those wishing to beat the heat with a trip down the channel need to be aware the channel won’t be completely open to floaters until the end of the month. Several floaters could be seen travelling south beyond Green Mountain Road in swift current on the afteroon on Monday, June 8. Penticton Indian...
Bridge construction restricts Green Avenue access from Highway 97
PENTICTON - Road work around the Satik Bridge crossing at the west end of Green Avenue in Penticton has reached new stage. Stage Two of the Penticton Indian Band Development Corporation’s traffic management will be implemented today, June 8. Traffic flow will now switch to the west side of the highway, which means there will...
Satik Bridge reaches construction milestone
PENTICTON - The last of 36 concrete girders were installed on the Satik Crossing Bridge spanning the Okanagan River at Green Avenue in Penticton this week, meaning the bridge is on pace to open to traffic before the end of June. Penticton Indian Band Chief Johnathan Kruger says the bridge has been 20 years in...
More construction on Channel Parkway
PENTICTON - A new construction zone on the Channel Parkway is challenging Penticton drivers. A construction crew has removed the traffic islands from the intersection of Channel Parkway and Warren Avenue to increase the length of the left turn lane, said B.C. Ministry of Highways district operations Manager Jeff Wiseman. The increased capacity of the...
More to Penticton bridge project than meets the eye
PENTICTON - As bridges go, one wouldn’t think the new Satik bridge currently under construction at Green Avenue and the Channel Parkway in Penticton would be a very complicated project. After all, it’s a small bridge, with a low span running a distance of 100 feet or so. But there is more to the Satik...