Road conditions

Lakeshore Road (highlighted in yellow) will be closed for several weeks between Lanfranco Road and Richter Street for construction work. (Photo/Google Maps)

Road closure for Kelowna’s Mission neighbourhood

The closure will be in place from Monday, March 20 to Friday, April 14

 

Westlake Road, between Peak Point Drive to Horizon Drive, will be closed for six weeks for water mains construction. (Photo/City of West Kelowna)

Six week road closure in West Kelowna for water mains construction

Transmission mains are being installed on Westlake Road from Peak Point Drive to Horizon Drive

 

(Pixabay photo)

Road work planned for Valentine’s Day on highway in West Kelowna

The maintenance is set to take place between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

 

It was a bluebird day for the Vernon Winter Carnival Parade on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

New route, road closures in place for Vernon Winter Carnival parade

Saturday, Feb. 4, 12 p.m.; route nearly the same with couple of changes

It was a bluebird day for the Vernon Winter Carnival Parade on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
A rock slide in Keremeos by the Fas Gas and Eagle RV park took out a tent and damaged a trailer Monday morning, Jan. 16. (Facebook)

Rock slide in Keremeos damages trailer and tent, closes Highway 3

Unconfirmed reports that an evacuation is taking place in the area

A rock slide in Keremeos by the Fas Gas and Eagle RV park took out a tent and damaged a trailer Monday morning, Jan. 16. (Facebook)
A truck was stuck in the ditch early on Jan. 13 as the road leading up to Salmon Arm’s Larch Hills cross country ski area has not been maintained and is once again a sheet of ice. (John Thielman photo)

‘Complete mayhem’: Icy road conditions, maintenance a concern for Shuswap residents

Business owner urges AIM Roads to respond in time for weekend loppet

A truck was stuck in the ditch early on Jan. 13 as the road leading up to Salmon Arm’s Larch Hills cross country ski area has not been maintained and is once again a sheet of ice. (John Thielman photo)
Hope RCMP and the District of Hope were both on the scene after a 12 ton rock struck Richmond Hill Road. (Bob Clarke/District of Hope)

PHOTOS: Boulder larger than a car closes Hope road after rockslide

A 12-tonne rock crashing into the road has closed Richmond Hill since yesterday

Hope RCMP and the District of Hope were both on the scene after a 12 ton rock struck Richmond Hill Road. (Bob Clarke/District of Hope)
Edgar Road leading up to the Larch Hills cross-country ski area near Salmon Arm was impassable due to sheer ice on Dec. 27 and the morning of Dec. 28. (John Thielman photo)

Calls for action after Shuswap’s Larch Hills nordic area inaccessible for over 24 hours

Sheer ice leaves ski area affected by lack of road maintenance, access restored Dec. 28

Edgar Road leading up to the Larch Hills cross-country ski area near Salmon Arm was impassable due to sheer ice on Dec. 27 and the morning of Dec. 28. (John Thielman photo)
Highway cameras show slick conditions on Highway 3 between Princeton and Hedley. Freezing rain is expected to make conditions hazardous from Hope to Osoyoos and Penticton on Dec. 26. (DriveBC)

Freezing rain expected on Highways 3 and 97

DriveBC is recommending only essential travel

Highway cameras show slick conditions on Highway 3 between Princeton and Hedley. Freezing rain is expected to make conditions hazardous from Hope to Osoyoos and Penticton on Dec. 26. (DriveBC)
The driver of this El Camino was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after hitting a snowbank off Highway 97 at Birnie Road south of Vernon Sunday, Dec. 11, shortly before 3 p.m. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Driver OK after crashing El Camino on Highway 97 near Vernon

Driver of an El Camino slid off Highway 97 and into ditch at Birnie Road shortly before 3 p.m.

The driver of this El Camino was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after hitting a snowbank off Highway 97 at Birnie Road south of Vernon Sunday, Dec. 11, shortly before 3 p.m. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
The Coquihalla around 3 p.m. on Sunday. (Facebook)

Update: Highway 5 re-opens after being closed most of the day

The Coquihalla re-opened in both directions at 4 p.m.

The Coquihalla around 3 p.m. on Sunday. (Facebook)
Sewer system work will be done on Lakeshore Road near Uplands Drive. (Black Press file photo)

Sewer upgrades will slow traffic on Kelowna’s Lakeshore Road

City crews will be upgrading a sewer system lift station near Uplands Drive

Sewer system work will be done on Lakeshore Road near Uplands Drive. (Black Press file photo)
A driver caught going 73km per hour over the posted speed limit in a cone zone has his vehicle impounded for seven days. The driver was caught while Kelowna RCMP and BCAA were out conducting the Slow Down, Move Over Campaign on Highway 97 North by Ellison Lake to educate drivers on the rules when roadside workers are present on Oct. 18, 2022 (Brittany Webster - Capital News)

126 warnings issued in 1 hour during Kelowna RCMP cone zone safety stops

Kelowna RCMP and BCAA estimate stopping one vehicle every 45 seconds

A driver caught going 73km per hour over the posted speed limit in a cone zone has his vehicle impounded for seven days. The driver was caught while Kelowna RCMP and BCAA were out conducting the Slow Down, Move Over Campaign on Highway 97 North by Ellison Lake to educate drivers on the rules when roadside workers are present on Oct. 18, 2022 (Brittany Webster - Capital News)
Kelowna RCMP Detachment (File photo)

Police incident closes Highway 33 in Kelowna

The highway reopened around 4 a.m. Sunday

Kelowna RCMP Detachment (File photo)
Black Press file.

Overnight construction in Kelowna’s Glenmore area

Paving project beginning next week

Black Press file.
A tractor-trailer fire traffic stopped in both directions on Vernon’s Old Kamloops Road Thursday afternoon. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

VIDEO: Vernon tractor-trailer unit catches fire

Happened on Old Kamloops Road; traffic stopped in both directions shortly before 4 p.m.

A tractor-trailer fire traffic stopped in both directions on Vernon’s Old Kamloops Road Thursday afternoon. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
West Kelowna’s road rehabilitation program starts Aug. 15. (File photo)

West Kelowna road works planned for next several weeks

The city is spending $1.5 million to improve approximately 7.6 kilometres of roads

West Kelowna’s road rehabilitation program starts Aug. 15. (File photo)
Tow trucks are working to remove a pontoon boat that flipped onto Highway 97 south of Vernon Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 2. Traffic is reduced to single-lane southbound. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Flipped boat on highway slows traffic south of Vernon

Motorist says pontoon boat is flipped at entrance to Kekuli Bay Provincial Park; single-lane traffic in effect

Tow trucks are working to remove a pontoon boat that flipped onto Highway 97 south of Vernon Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 2. Traffic is reduced to single-lane southbound. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
A ruptured gas line at a construction site in Enderby Wednesday, July 27, has resulted in traffic being detoured off Highway 97A through the city as of 3 p.m. (Google maps)

Traffic through Enderby re-routed due to gas leak

Gas cap knocked off natural gas line on Mill Avenue near Highway 97A Wednesday, July 27

A ruptured gas line at a construction site in Enderby Wednesday, July 27, has resulted in traffic being detoured off Highway 97A through the city as of 3 p.m. (Google maps)
Detours for traffic on Boucherie will be Old Boucherie Road and Pritchard Drive. (Photo/Google Maps)

Two-month closure for stretch of Boucherie Road in West Kelowna

Storm, sewer, and water infrastructure upgrades

Detours for traffic on Boucherie will be Old Boucherie Road and Pritchard Drive. (Photo/Google Maps)
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