There will be further safety improvements to a notoriously hazardous road in the Okanagan.
Work is slated to start this fall to widen and improve curves on a two kilometre section of Westside Road near the La Casa development, about 40 kilometres north of the Highway 97 intersection.
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The work is slated for completion in late 2018 at an estimated cost of $12 million.
“This is a very narrow and winding section of road, with steep slopes on one side and a high embankment on the other,” said Premier Christy Clark, MLA for Westside-Kelowna in a news release. “A wider shoulder and a concrete barrier will mean an easier drive with safer conditions.”
In 2014, the government ear-marked $45 million over five years for Westside Road improvements.