Plans in the works to transform former visitor centre near Merritt
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MERRITT, B.C. — Plans may soon be afoot to transform the former tourism information centre located near Merritt on the Coquihalla Highway.
The centre, located at Exit 286, the interchange of Highway 97C and the Coquihalla Highway, was shuttered in January because the provincial government said around $2 million worth of repairs were needed and because the location had become “a washroom stop.”
The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Develoment says in March, the ministry awarded $80,000 through the Rural Dividend to Spayum Development Ltd to undertake a feasibility study into potential options for future use of the former site of the visitor centre.
“This was to include a technical site assessment, servicing plans and consultation with local communities and First Nations,” said the ministry in an email to CFJC Today.
