Lansdowne construction expected to hamper downtown Kamloops traffic throughout the summer
KAMLOOPS — Downtown commuters can expect substantial slowdown beginning at the end of this month. Major work along the Lansdowne Street corridor will begin next week as part of the city centre sanitary upgrades project to install a trunk sewer main from First Avenue to Seventh Avenue.
Work is officially underway in Riverside Park ahead of planned upgrades to the city’s sanitary sewer system in the downtown core.
“We are putting in a new sanitary trunk main, which is a large pipe that is meant to deal with growth in the city,” said Matt Kachel, Kamloops’ capital projects manager. “Obviously, people are see a lot of new buildings going up. We need to put this trunk main in so it can deal with that additional flow. This upgrade is going from First Avenue right behind us, all the way up to Seventh.”