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City to lobby for bridge upgrades
Salmon River: Council also adds their support for flood assessment, walkway. By Lachlan Labere
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A flood of letters from the public pushing for the replacement or the Salmon River Bridge and a related flood risk assessment will be channelled into one letter by the City of Salmon Arm. The letters from the public were submitted to the city in response to the B.C. government’s proposed four-laning project for the west end of town. Currently it is the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s plan to widen the TransCanada Highway between 30th
Street SW and 10 Street SW. The ministry is seeking feedback on how to spend roughly $510 million of a $650 million funding commitment by the province to four-lane the highway between Kamloops and the Alberta border. Salmon Arm residents and council gave a clear message that the Salmon River Bridge needs to be addressed as a short-term priority, and council has agreed to formalize the shared sentiment in a letter to the ministry. Coun. Chad Eliason recommended the written communication at Monday’s council meeting,
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while councillors were discussing the past two week’s correspondence, including several letters relating to the desired bridge replacement and flood risk assessment. Eliason asked that council’s letter include the former, but not the latter. He also asked that a pedestrian walkway be considered with the bridge construction, and that an intersection with traffic lights be built rather than the current SmartCentres’ design. Coun. Marg Kentel suggested adding the flood plain assessment, noting it’s possible the province might pay for its completion.
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Eliason accepted Kentel’s recommended amendment, stating that while he had excluded the item from his proposal, he would support her proposed amendment. “I don’t think we will see the bridge any time in the immediate future, so if we ask that now, that they include the flood-risk prevention measures… it would be prudent on our behalf,” said Eliason. Coun. Ken Jamieson said the Salmon River Bridge has been a pet project of his for years, and a topic of discussion with three dif-
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