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Central Okanagan Multi-Modal Corridor
What's new?
Further phases of the COMC, is shown in the 20-Year Transportation Network Plan from Spall to McCurdy Roads and envision a further extension to UBC Okanagan upon a formal planning and public consultation process.
Objectives are to include planning of a controlled access multi-modal corridor north of McCurdy Road to UBC Okanagan, to address overall existing and future transportation needs of the city and the region.
Other objectives of this corridor will provide relief on congested roadways by diverting auto and truck traffic through to the COMC. The City is preparing to confirm preferred corridor alignment and protecting some of the necessary right-of-way.
A sub-component of this process is to educate the community toward a more integrated transportation system which would incorporate multi-modal opportunities; improved mobility options for all modes of travel including rail, pedestrians, cyclists, trucks and private vehicles, integrating a number of activities in the corridor.
The necessary research regarding freight movement (truck and rail) and the non-auto traffic of the corridor will consist of interviews with shippers and transportation operators, travel surveys, estimates of current daily and annual corridor travel demand by mode and recommendation of concepts and criteria for the City's consultant to use in advancing the planning and design of new infrastructure.
Provisions for the future corridor of the COMC from McCurdy to UBC Okanagan will be addressed by broader consultation in the planning, engaging the community as a whole, prior to inclusion in the next OCP review and revisions to the 20 Year Servicing Plan and Financing Strategy.
Contact:
For more information about the project, please contact:
Andrew Albiston, AScT
Roadways Project Manager
City of Kelowna
250 469-8569
aalbiston@kelowna.ca
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