Upgrade to cycling, pedestrian path ready to roll out

Sep 1, 2020 | 12:12 PM

The City of Vernon will start work this month on an upgrade to a cycling and pedestrian trail in Okanagan Landing.

Improvements are in store for a multi-use path between Lakeshore Road and Paddlewheel Park, starting Sept. 8, providing a safer walking route for students of Okanagan Landing Elementary School, and helping cyclists connect to the bike lanes and a multi-use path east of Lakeshore Road.

The work will be completed in two phases and will require temporary closures of the westbound traffic lane. Single lane alternating traffic will be required along the following sections of Okanagan Landing Road:

Phase 1: Lakeshore Road to the east end of Brooks Lane
Phase 2: The west end of Brooks Lane to Paddlewheel Park

Traffic control personnel will be on site and provisions will be made to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists through the work areas.

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During construction, the following will take place:

Widening existing portions of the multi-use path and adding a new section between Paddlewheel Park and Brooks Lane;
The conversion of Brooks Lane into a shared street, permitting pedestrians and cyclists to safely share the roadway space with vehicles; and
The installation of concrete barriers to separate the existing pedestrian/cyclist shared path between Brooks Lane and Lakeshore Road

Construction is expected to be completed by November 6, 2020.

The city is reminding drivers to obey traffic control signs and to slow down in work zones.

For more information on this and other ongoing projects, visit the city’s website.

Maps of the construction zones are available below.

by Pete McIntyre

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