News Items tag as: Highway 97 improvements

Section of Highway 97 closed overnight in Kelowna
April 30, 2016 - 2:30 PM

KELOWNA - Highway 97 will be shut down completely overnight in north Kelowna for utility work connected to the road’s widening.
Highway 97 widening contract goes to Kelowna company
March 04, 2016 - 7:00 AM

KELOWNA - Highway 97 will be widened to six lanes from Highway 33 to Edward Road in Kelowna, the province has announced, and a local company will do the work.
Night construction could cause traffic delays in Kelowna next week
September 03, 2015 - 1:05 PM

KELOWNA - A pair of roadwork projects on the city’s major highways will cause some delays next week.
Median barriers will be installed on dangerous stretch of Highway 97
May 08, 2015 - 3:18 PM

KELOWNA – A stretch of Hwy 97, notorious for crashes caused when a driver crosses the centre line, will receive nine kilometers of concrete median barriers this summer.
Improvements to Birnie Road intersection part of provincial plan
March 17, 2015 - 7:28 PM

VERNON - The intersection at Highway 97 and Birnie Road, which was the scene of a fatal accident in 2014, is one of the improvements targeted under a new ten-year provincial road improvement plan.
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Section of Highway 97 closed overnight in Kelowna