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Rail Trail Key For Lake Country In 2018

Dec 27, 2017 | 7:40 AM

Lake Country Mayor James Baker sees development of the Okanagan Rail Trail as a major component of his council’s work early in 2018.

He expects donations and grants to keep coming in to help finish the trail on schedule.

Baker expects the trail to be an economic driver once amenities are in place.

“It’s going to be pretty much bare bones to start with but as I say we have to get people on the trail with places for them to park or at least have bus routes to enable them to get their bikes there as well as themselves.”

Baker and other representatives of the community plan more meetings early in the new year to determine how best to carry on into the user stage.

“issue is sort of users , what groups are we looking at to make it a multi use.”

Hundreds of proposals are being looked at to determine to how to open up the trail for such purposes as dog walking, cycling and even equestrian.