City of Kelowna taking bids for completion of Okanagan Rail Trail – Okanagan | 24CA News
The Okanagan Rail Trail has turn out to be a draw for cyclists throughout the valley and the City of Kelowna is seeking to end the work began on it years in the past, by finishing the final six kilometres between Kelowna and Lake Country.
The news has homeowners of a neighborhood bike store in Oyama thrilled that they might in a position to absolutely journey into Kelowna.
“All the people in this area love the Okanagan Rail Trail and have just been dying to get into Kelowna and use the rest of the trail,” stated Pedego Electric Bikes co-owner Sheila Fraser.
“It’s just such a fantastic active transportation corridor for the Okanagan. People of all abilities and all different mobilities that use this trail.”
The City of Kelowna has set the wheels in movement for finishing the ultimate part of the Okanagan Rail Trail. The metropolis is presently inviting proposals to complete the rail path, highlighting a number of the work that must be finished.
“Construction of approximately 6.4 km of trail along the existing rail corridor from Old Vernon Road to 500m north of Beaver Lake Road. The works include clearing and grubbing, trail construction and gravel placement,” learn the report.
The bid course of might be open till April 5 and the doc states the work ought to begin two weeks after contract execution, with completion by Aug. 31.
Many, nonetheless, are hoping it’s completed sooner, to make the most of peak vacationer season throughout the Summer months.
“Our renters love to go through Lake Country and up towards Vernon, but now we’ll have that whole other area of being able to help them enjoy,” stated Sheila.
The bike retailer says the opening of the completed pathway will enable for lots extra financial alternative, not solely in Kelowna however within the surrounding areas alongside the path.
“Businesses here will certainly accelerate and get better over the summer. All of those businesses that people talk about that are in downtown Kelowna, whether it’s nightclubs, restaurants or the front of the Okanagan Lake, and that now these people have access and they’re not involved in traffic or anything like that,” stated Murray Fraser Pedego Electric Bikes co-owner.
The metropolis has an estimated complete finances for the completion to be $1.3 million. The mission would come with 6,600 linear metres of path development, 26,500 sq. metres of gravel placement and enhancements to the pedestrian timber bridge.
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