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Flood preparations underway in West Kelowna

FILE PHOTO - A series of aqua dam's near Bellevue Creek in Kelowna, May 12, 2017.

WEST KELOWNA - The installation is a flood prevention measure and will require the closing of a West Kelowna road for approximately two days.

The City of West Kelowna will be installing a bladder dam on the west side of Gellatly Road from the Cove Lakeside Resort to the bridge over Powers Creek beginning tomorrow, April 19, at 7 a.m., according to a media release. Gellatly Road will be closed for the two days installation.

The temporary dam will be removed once the threat of creek flooding has passed, the city says.

This is just one of several flood-prevention measures the city has put in place on Gellatly Road, which flooded last year.

Rotary Trails Park remains closed and is a staging area for creek flood response equipment.

Because weather conditions are similar to the spring of 2017 and there is a large snowpack, the city is conducting creek flood prevention work and monitoring the threat throughout the community.

Creekside homeowners who wish to protect their properties from possible flooding can find sand and sandbags at the following locations:

  • Kinsmen Works Yard – 3170 Shannon Lake Road
  • Across the street from the Glenrosa Fire Station on Gates Road
  • Across the street from the Rose Valley Fire Station on Westlake Road
  • 4081 Hitchner Road – road end
  • Kinsmen Works Yard driveway
  • West Kelowna Yacht Club – 4111 Gellatly Road

Lakefront property owners are not being advised to put protective measures in place on their properties at this time.

Click here to review a PDF on tips for sandbag wall construction from the Province of B.C.

Find more emergency preparedness information here.


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