Here's some footage of the Westside Road construction upgrade occurring between La Casa and Muir Road. This is approximatly one month into the work and the landscape is changing by the day. I will do updates a couple of times a month to keep up with the progress of the upgrade.
Aspen Shores & Westside Road – Mud Slide
Busy day on the North Westside. This slide was seemingly a result of the culvert carrying drainage from the Killiney Beach area being diverted down the ditch network on Westside Road; flowing under the road in a culvert depositing the water flow onto a steep bank that obviously could not handle the...
SILGA 2018 – Revelstoke
Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) AGM is a once a year conference attended by local government from geographical regions across the province. The purpose is to submit and debate resolutions from member groups to put forward to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) later in the year. UBCM is where...
Flooding in the North Westside
https://globalnews.ca/news/4165928/thousands-of-litres-of-water-gush-through-killiney-beach-driveway-every-minute/
The link above is the CHBC Story on a resident in Killiney Beach that found herself dealing with a homeowners nightmare ... huge volumes of water appearing overnight and flowing across her driveway and on through her property, and onto the neighbours and so on and so on until the flow reaches...
Shorts Creek – Flooding, Debris Blockages & Westside Road
Below is Shorts Creek in the Delta area continuing toward the lake. I started taking pictures just downstream from the Gatehouse/Bridge by the entrance to Fintry Park.
The hairpin turn of Westside Road where it crosses Shorts Creek was a problem area in 2017 when a debris blockage...
Killiney Beach – Update April 15 2018
I thought I would do another walk through on Killiney Beach prior to Spring thaw and runoff this year. As you can see in the video the lake is very low, probably the lowest water level I remember, hopefully this with a slow melt will save us...
Westside Road Improvements START – La Casa to Muir Road
Finally road improvements hit the North Westside end of Westside Road. The stretch between La Casa and Muir Road is set to begin. Traffic delays of 15 minutes are expected through to December ... this will cause some aggravation this summer as the traffic to the community...
Its Time to Cut the CORD … Kelowna Daily Courier
It's time to cut the CORD is an article from the April 12 2018 Kelowna Daily Courier. It appears the cancelled Governance & Services and following RDCO Board Meeting scheduled then cancelled for April 12 2018 has attracted the interest of the media. I to, as a Board Member was...
NWCA Easter Egg Hunt – Westshore Park
The North Westside Communities Association has just concluded their 7th Annual Easter Egg Hunt. The weather co-operated and we had a beautiful day with another record crowd. Every year we get more children, this year we topped 140, good job to all the volunteers and a special...