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December 18, 2015 | Volume 11 Number 51
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Telling tales of Christmas
Ministry of Transportation announces plan to launch bypass study ERIN CHRISTIE EDITOR
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ERIN CHRISTIE
STUDENTS FROM MRS. JUDD’S class perform “A Christmas Tale” during Peachland Elementary School’s annual Christmas concert on Dec. 15. The
concert, entitled Twas the Night Before Peachmas, featured performances from each grade and was hosted by PES students April Loewen and Aidan Wiberg. To see more photos from this event turn to pages 9 and 19.
Happy Holidays!
To bypass, or not to bypass; that is the question. At least, it is if you live in Peachland. But according to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) on Dec. 15, Peachland residents may finally get an answer. In a press release issued by MOTI on Dec. 15, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone announced the ministry will launch a transportation study that focuses specifically on highway improvements, transportation alternatives and the possibility of an alternate Highway 97 route around Peachland. “We are listening to the people of Peachland and we want to open it up to public discussion on ideas for shortterm and longer-term traffic solutions for the community,” Stone stated on Dec. 15. “The study will look into the options that will meet the transportation needs of Peachland including developing an alternate route, or improving the existing highway.” Stone continued that the two-year study, which will be carried out in concert with the ministry’s Central Okanagan Planning Study launched in the fall of 2014, will focus exclusively on Peachland, both for the short and the longer term. The Peachland study will draw on research from the Central Okanagan Planning study, including traffic counts and future traffic growth projections, the needs of the travelling public, See STUDY on page 2
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