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July 2, 2014
Creating a first class first impression There has been a lot of talk lately about the beautification of the Tranquille Road Corridor on the North Shore. A task force, made up various members of the community, has been hard at work putting together a vision of what visitors from the Kamloops airport will see as they drive into Kamloops. It is the responsibility of the task force to develop a beautification and enhancement plan for the Tranquille Road Corridor from Desmond Street to Airport Road. The purpose of the task force is to provide recommendations to Council with regard to short and long-term beautification/enhancement options, funding strategies and partnership opportunities. This task force is made up of members from the City of Kamloops, Communities in Bloom, Kamloops Airport, Canadian Homebuilders’ Association, the general public and the North Shore Business Improvement Association (NSBIA). Executive director of the NSBIA, Steven Puhallo, is excited about this task force and the vision they have for the North Shore. “This beautification area has been talked about a lot,” comments Steven. “It is our job to bring all the different planning that has been around it together. We are here to create a long-term plan to make it a reality.” Councillor Nelly Dever is pleased
A Task Force has provided recommendations to Council with regard to short and long-term beautification, funding and partnership opportunities along the corridor to the airport.
with how everything is moving along. They held a task force meeting on June 16 to finalize the vision proposal for phase one and phase two of the beautification. “There have been some changes such as looking at removing the middle meridian which is a savings of $500,000. It was also brought to our
attention that it is a safety concern,” adds Nelly. “We also discussed the addition of a screen fence which is a chain link fence with the grey slats in it. We have already used this fence at Fortune and Leigh and pedestrian cycle bridge beautification.” This corridor is a first impression for people when they get
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into the airport. With Kinder Morgan twinning the pipeline, the vision for the North Shore beautification can occur sooner than later. “We are planning to break it up into manageable chunks to have a plan moving forward,” says Steven. “There - continued on page 2
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