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By Adam Campbell

Lansdowne Street Multi-Use Pathway

Feedback needed on $2.75-million Lansdowne Street multi-use pathway

Nov 8, 2023 | 3:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — The City of Kamloops is seeking the public’s opinion regarding the addition of a $2.75-million multi-use pathway on the north portion of Lansdowne Street between Second and Sixth Avenues.

In a release issued Wednesday (Nov. 8), the city announced an information session would be held on Thursday, November 16, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Delta Hotel on 540 Victoria Street.

Residents and business owners will be able to learn more about the active transport project, provide feedback and ask questions to city staff.

Participants will also be briefed on the replacement of the trunk sewer main along Lansdowne Street from Seventh Avenue.

An online survey is also available until 3:00 p.m. on November 20 for those unable to attend.

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Results from the information session and survey will be presented to city council at its regular meeting on December 5, where the project’s future will be decided.

The city claims to have identified a missing link in the Kamloops north-south active transportation corridor, believing a connection between the Sixth Avenue bike lane and the Lansdowne Transit Exchange with Riverside Park and Rivers Trail is the solution.

“Coordinating the construction of an active transportation facility with the city centre sanitary utilities project would reduce costs and minimize construction impacts for residents and businesses,” read the release.

Design implications include the removal of four on-street parking stalls along the road and the right turn lane from Lansdowne Street to Second Avenue. Due to a subsequent lack of space for snow storage, a $20,000 removal fee will also be allocated to the annual snow budget.

The project is being funded by Development Cost Charges and is part of the initial phase of the City Centre Sanitary Upgrades projects, planned to cater for increased demand and circulation densities in the central business district.

More information on the Lansdowne Street multi-use pathway can be found here.