On Monday, the Summerland residents vented their fears and frustrations on Global Okanagan News.
On Friday, they got the news they were hoping for.
The District of Summerland gets more complaints about the bumpy and pot-holed condition of Garnet Valley Road than any other road in the community.
“It’s treacherous. It makes me nervous every time I drive,” says resident Letitia Whitaker. “In order to avert the potholes in the road, they drive on the opposite side of the road and I can’t tell you the number of almost head-on collisions I’ve had.”
Her neighbour agrees.
“The road is a bag of snakes. It’s a disaster,” says Don White.
The District delayed making the proper road repairs until it found the money to also install new underground water lines.
“As we redo the water lines we will also redo the surface of the road. So there’s absolutely no point in doing one without the other,” says Summerland mayor Peter Waterman.
On Friday, the federal and provincial governments announced they will cover two-thirds of the roughly $6.2 million cost of nine kilometres of water line infrastructure.
“You’ve got it all dug up so we’ll do the road at the same time,” says Waterman.
It’s the news Whitaker has been long waiting for. “I’m just overjoyed this is finally happening. We get to have safe water and a safe road. So it’s a good day.”
The mayor is hopeful construction can start as soon as this fall with completion about eight months later.
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