Osoyoos Mayor Sue McKortoff and Area C director Rick Knodel are fighting for the same thing – improved safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Both directors on the regional board recently made requests to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) to help bring added safety to their respective areas.
The practice of hanging fabric banners across Highway 3 at 85th Street to advertise popular Osoyoos events may be in jeopardy, as a recent report has deemed the current poles and cables used to suspend those banners unfit to meet provincial standards.
Hwy. 3 at the Osoyoos Trestle Bridge will be closed to all traffic on Thursday, March 31 for four hours from 1-5 a.m. to enable final repairs and safety checks prior to fully reopening.
South Okanagan residents travelling back and forth to Penticton or further, will have a safer journey soon following news that the dangerous junction of Highway 97 and Highway 3A outside Kaleden will soon be remedied.
Traffic on Hwy. 3 across the Osoyoos trestle bridge is set to narrow to a single alternating lane for nearly 10 days as repair works are undertaken.
On Feb. 17, regional directors discussed and approved a number of resolutions that were forwarded to the spring convention of the Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA), aimed at improving the lives of residents.
Highway 3, is closed in both directions as a result of flooding between Taylor Way and Old Hedley Rd for 26.7 km (3.0 km east of Princeton to 6.0 km west of Hedley), according to DriveBC.
Hwy 3 between Hope and Princeton closed at 2 p.m. today (Nov. 27) ahead of atmospheric rivers that are expected to bring more heavy rain to the south coast and southwest interior regions.
The latest section of Hwy 1 reopened through the Fraser Valley today (Nov. 25) with the section between Chilliwack and Abbotsford now passable.
The interior is now reconnected to the Lower Mainland through multiple routes with Hwy 1 being the latest to partially reopen on Saturday, Nov. 20.