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By Curtis Goodrum

CONSTRUCTION SEASON

Fourth Avenue Sewer Upgrades underway; Overlanders Bridge repairs to start July 14

Jul 8, 2025 | 6:57 PM

KAMLOOPS – A pair of major infrastructure upgrades will be getting underway in Kamloops this month.

Crews are mobilizing to begin resurfacing work along the Overlanders Bridge, with that project set to get underway next Monday (July 14).

“It’s not a full resurface project. It’ll just be isolated to the joint locations,” said Wayne Lockhart, the civic construction manager at the City of Kamloops.

“It’s more repair and maintenance work, similar to the multi-use path on the east side of the bridge. Same thing there. The surface conditions are to a point where we need to address them.”

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The bridge repairs will extend into the fall of this year, though the City says there will be one lane of traffic in each direction across the major thoroughfare over the Thompson River.

“We will be working with our contractor to get this completed as quickly as we can, but we just ask if residents can allow a little more time for travel in the morning or if you’re able to plan alternate routes that would be beneficial,” said Lockhart.

There will be a separate detour route for cyclists and pedestrians to cross the Overlanders Bridge.

Cyclists will also be offered free transit with their bikes on #Kamloops bus routes 1, 2, 3, and 10. pic.twitter.com/FlrwoT3HNh

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Work is already underway to upgrade a sewer main along Fourth Avenue downtown. It’s being done to upgrade capacity in preparation for the City Gardens development as well as the Kamloops Centre for the Arts which is set to begin construction soon.

“We’re now year-over-year going to be doing one of the major avenues, starting with Fourth,” Adam Gordon, project delivery manager at the City of Kamloops, said. “That work is going to be going from Lansdowne up to Battle Street.”

“It’s for increasing the sewer capacity downtown. If the city’s going to grow, we need larger sewer pipes.”

Work has begun between Lansdowne and Victoria streets. Gordon says crews will work block by block and make their way to Battle Street by early November.

“We’re going to be working our way slowly up the hill, and go week by week and month by month,” Gordon said. “We’re going to be in that first block for about four to five weeks and then we’ll come into the next intersection for a period of one to two weeks, and we’ll continue to make our way up the road.”