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March 9, 2016
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Tourism motto Lake Country has adopted a new motto for its tourism strategy: Stop, Stay, Shop and Play ...............................
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LAKE COUNTRY residents will have a chance to comment on the design of the Okanagan Rail Trail planned for the former CN Rail line, on March 14 at the Oyama
Community Hall from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The Okanagan Indian Band will host a session March 16 at the Winfield Memorial Hall from 4 to 6 p.m.
Plans for Okanagan Rail Trail up for public viewing
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While CN Rail continues to remove ties and rails along the old CN Rail corridor, design plans are being drawn up for what will be a continuous trail between Kelowna and Coldstream. Members of the public will soon have their chance to give input on what will be-
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come the early days of the Okanagan rail trail. Public consultation meetings have been scheduled by the District of Lake Country and the Okanagan Indian Band, as well as in Kelowna and Coldstream, to gather input and feedback on plans for the corridor, a trail linking the Central and North Okanagan that likely
won’t be open for public use until mid 2017. The rail trail’s Inter-jurisdictional Development Team (IDT) has spent the winter involved in a planning and design process to create a continuous corridor on the recently acquired rail route and will take its preliminary work to the public this month. “The intention is to
develop the corridor in phases, with the initial phase being construction of a gravel trail with road crossings, signage, fencing, and barriers to provide a basic level of safe and accessible use by pedestrians and cyclists,” said Andrew Gibbs, IDT project manager. In Lake Country, residents are invited to review the concept
and give their feedback on March 14 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Oyama Community Hall. Staff from the IDT will be on hand to answer questions regarding the design and provide an opportunity for input. Those comments will be gathered for the initial phase of trail development and additional feedback collected from the engage-
ment process will be retained for future reference, for use in any future planning and development of the trail corridor. Meetings will also be held in the different communities with property owners where the rail trail crosses into private property.
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