Rosedale Avenue at Highway 97A in Armstrong, one of three sites where the city wants acceleration lanes added. (Photo credit: Google Maps)

By Pete McIntyre

Safety feature

Armstrong pushes province for highway acceleration lanes

Apr 19, 2021 | 9:30 AM

Armstrong council is asking B.C.’s Transportation Ministry to consider adding acceleration lanes onto Highway 97A from Smith and Rosedale Avenues and Harding Road.

Mayor Chris Pieper said the lanes were not in the plans when the four-laning was recently done by the province.

“We didn’t know that until the highway was completed. That’s maybe our fault, but we really believe in the safety of acceleration lanes,” Pieper told Vernon Matters.

Pieper said there hasn’t been any accidents at those sites.

“But we definitely see it as a safety hazard on those three intersections,” he said.

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The mayor said council will keep pursuing it with the ministry.