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July 9, 2010 Peachland, BC
Volume 06 | Number 27
Kelowna-Westside
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Photo Joanne Layh
MP Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, goes green in an emission-free vehicle during the Peachland Canada Day Parade
Centennial Way project progresses on schedule and in green fashion By Joanne Layh Construction crews have wasted no time in moving ahead on the Centennial Way beachfront pathway project. Storm works including dry wells, catch basins, and piping have for the most part been completed in phase 1, located between 8th Street and 12th Street. Construction of the walkway began on June 21 with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Minister Stockwell Day, MP and Minister Bill Barisoff, MLA who along with Mayor Keith
Fielding turned some ceremonial sod to mark the construction start. It took only a matter of days before crews were well into tearing up Beach Avenue in phase 1 of the project. Construction crews used an asphalt-reclaiming machine to reduce their carbon footprint during base preparations for the new roadway. “We converted the existing gravel into MOT spec (Ministry of Transportation specification) SGSB (select granular sub-base). That’s something we’ve been working on – the recycling is
a real green initiative. That just saves a whole bunch of greenhouse gas emissions for digging the stuff out, trucking it away, trucking it back, all that kind of stuff,” Cantex Okanagan Construction project manager, Keith Lowenstein said. “We created material that was of no value and turned it into structural material that we could use as sub base of the structure for underneath the curb and gutter, which is what we’ve essentially done on that phase.” Three-inch spec sub base has been put in
along with 6 inches of crushed base material. Other activities, such as the relocation of a fi re hydrant, are also taking place to accommodate the new roadway. Lowenstein says that concrete work for curbing and sidewalks may begin as early as next week. While there have been traffic delays in the construction zone during weekdays, public response has been very positive towards the project. “We’re very impressed with how cooperative and how understanding
people are,” engineer technologist Mirjam Glass said. District staff are reminding people that the beach area along Beach Avenue will remain open all summer. The low, black plastic fencing along Beach Avenue isn’t there to restrict people from accessing the beach. Rather, silt fencing was installed as a protective measure to keep silt materials produced by the construction site from entering the beach area and lake. People can also expect to see some of the existing park benches
removed in order to construct the new pathway. The park benches will be stored in the Public Works yard and returned once construction in that area is complete. The district expects to update their gifting policy in the coming weeks to give people the opportunity to contribute something to the project. The gifting policy would involve donations from the community for things like having a park bench named after a loved one or it might entail providing appropriate plants for the bioswale area.
Johnston Meier 1-877-767-2510 767-2500