Intersection Improvements:

High, Gordon and Clement

The City of Kelowna is undertaking road improvements in the area of Gordon Drive, Clement Avenue and High Road. Construction began in June and was expected to be complete December 12, 2005, however, it has become necessary to delay the opening to January 2006 to ensure the safety of the reconstructed railway crossings and new railway signals. High Road traffic wishing to access Clement Avenue can continue to use the existing Gordon Drive intersection with its three way stop.

The project will re-align High Road to connect with Clement Avenue at Gordon Drive.

The T-intersection at Clement and Gordon will become a four-way intersection.

Clement Avenue, between Ethel Street and Gordon, will be widened to four travel lanes; the new section of High, east of Gordon, will also be four travel lanes transitioning back to two lanes before Cerise Drive.

These road improvements represent the first phase of the Central Okanagan Bypass (previously known as the North End Connector). Following the intersection work this year, plans call for construction of the Central Okanagan Bypass to Spall Road in 2006. The section from Spall Road to Highway 33 will be completed in the next five to seven years, and the section from Highway 33 to McCurdy Road by 2020.