News Items tag as: Second crossing Okanagan Lake

Second crossing 20 years out but planning now is essential, transportation ministry says
May 21, 2015 - 2:34 PM

WEST KELOWNA - If you ask project director Murray Tekano, the current study about where to put a second Okanagan Lake crossing is not just a public relations exercise to be seen doing something.
Province to hold public meetings on second Okanagan Lake crossing
May 13, 2015 - 9:57 AM

KELOWNA - It’s at least twenty years before it will be built but the province still wants to hear what you have to say about a second lake bridge in the Central Okanagan.
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Second crossing 20 years out but planning now is essential, transportation ministry says