Planning process launched for popular Coldstream, B.C. beach – Okanagan | 24CA News
It’s arguably one of many North Okanagan’s most iconic spots.
Now, the District of Coldstream is creating a brand new plan for the Kalamalka Beach space, hoping to make enhancements.
Those upgrades might embrace modifications to parking and accessibility, in response to Mayor Ruth Hoyte.
“I personally would like to see access to the beach for those in wheelchairs or [who] have other mobility issues,” Hoyte stated.
There are a couple of companies within the space however primarily the seashore stands alone, separated from the neighbourhood and parking by a highway and railroad tracks.
Public consultations, accomplished final yr, discovered, amongst different issues, folks need to see improved parking and visitors movement; extra facilities like meals vans or eating places; and extra enforcement to forestall points like public intoxication.
“This [planning] process will be taking all the information and desires and wants from the survey and seeing how it can all be put together,” stated Hoyte.
Although the mayor acknowledged the railroad creates some limitations as to how the world may be developed.
Bike store, Sun Country Cycle, is betting that the neighbourhood has a shiny future.
The business not too long ago moved its retailer to inside a few blocks of the seashore.
Manager Todd Byle has clear concepts of how he want to see the world develop.
“I think the most important thing would be making the beach a more inviting place. Right now it is surrounded by fences so you feel like you are kind of in a caged-in closure,” stated Byle.
Byle suggests a farmers market or meals carts also needs to be added.
Meanwhile, the municipality can also be within the strategy of exploring choices for methods to restore or exchange the seashore’s pier, which is deteriorating.
Hoyte stated council is leaning in the direction of changing the pier somewhat than repairing it, however the brand new design could be totally different than the present construction
“It might not be built of the same materials. We do want to ensure that it will stand the test of time….Council will be looking at all options before we actually make a decision,” Hoyte stated.
Lots of things for native leaders to think about as they begin to make a plan for the favored space’s future.
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