Okanagan Lake access hits insurance snag

May 11, 2021 | 2:42 PM

Vernon council has deferred a decision on prioritizing several Okanagan Lake access points, pending liability insurance clarification from the Municipal Insurance Authority (MIA).

Council members had been instructed to tour several right-of-ways prior to the May 10 council meeting to update the 2018 lake access plan.

The plan had identified a number of former Ministry of Transportation right-of-ways that had been turned over to the city in 1993. In 2005, planning started to address additional public access to Okanagan Lake, with an implementation plan adopted in 2018.

Several access points have been developed and other work is ongoing.

Historically, these 45 accesses were used to provide livestock access to water and to transport logs from the water to the mill. Today, their main use is for recreational access. Other uses for these accesses may include utilities, water quality testing by inspectors, facilitation for search and rescue, firefighting and irrigation.

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Many are narrow strips of land, which fall between existing houses, and in some cases there is significant encroachment onto the city property by neighbours.

A motion from Coun. Akbal Mund to develop the access at 7300 Tronson Road, in conjunction with the development of what has been dubbed ‘Pumphouse Park’ no later than 2023, was approved.

The new park property is located between Kin Beach and 7292 Tronson Road. The right-of-way is on the opposite side of the same property.