RCMP investigates vandalism to bus shelters

Someone has been targeting transit shelters in Kelowna.

RCMP say there have been a series of incidents in which 59 bus shelters have been vandalized. The city estimates the repair bill will be at least $50,000.

“During an incident on Rutland Road in the late evening of January 22, 2022, a witness reported an old model blue Nissan/Datsun or Toyota car driving slowly past a bus shelter. The witness then heard what sounded like a high powered air gun being fired, and the glass in the bus shelter “just shattered,”” said Cpl. Tammy Lobb, media relations officer.

“In addition to denying transit users some protection from our winter weather, these incidents of vandalism have cost the taxpayers of Kelowna at least $50,000, just to replace the glass alone,” said Kelowna’s Transit Service Coordinator Mike Kittmer.