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Highway 97 Transportation Improvements
Highway 97 Improvements from Gordon Drive to Highway 33
Highway 97 transportation improvement project is being lead by the Ministry of Transportation in partnership with the City of Kelowna.
Construction started April 19 and open September 20. Improvements included:
- Construct a continuous third westbound lane between Gordon Drive and Banks Road
- Intersection improvements
- Water Street to Gordon Drive (City of Kelowna)
- Burtch to Banks Roads (Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure)
- Access management
- High frequency, limited stop RapidBus transit
- High occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane
- Traffic signal upgrades with a RapidBus BC transit priority system
- Upgrade street lighting from Gordon to Banks
- New asphalt pavement from Abbott to Banks
Background
An average of 47,000 vehicles use Highway 97 each day. Currently there are three lanes westbound and two lanes eastbound. Present conditions include inconsistent and nonexistent curb, gutter and sidewalk, numerous uncontrolled accesses, outdated street lighting and pavement structure that is near its end of life span.
Kelowna-Lake Country MP Ron Cannan, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Al Horning, and Kelowna Mayor Sharon Shepherd announced $14.6 million in joint funding to support a highway improvement initiative along Highway 97 between Gordon Drive and Highway 33. Federal funding support for the upgrades to Highway 97 comes from the Provincial-Territorial (PT) Base Fund, under the Building Canada plan.
For more information, contact:
Paul Shul
Ministry Representative
Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure
250 491-5443
Andrew Albiston
Roadway Projects Manager
City of Kelowna
250 469-8569
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