College Way Extension Opens To Traffic After Ribbon Cutting-Coldstream mayor, residents hail new roadway but for different reasons
The ribbon has been cut and vehicles should be making their way along Coldstream's College Way extension, linking Kalamalka Road to Okanagan College and Highway 97. Mayor Jim Garlick, Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster and Okanagan-Shuswap MP Colin Mayes joined residents at a ceremony on the extension on Tuesday afternoon. Garlick says the $9-million road and multi-use path will make it much quicker and easier to get to the College. He says the big benefit is improved access to Highway 97. ``We have residents who work in other areas to the south of us,'' explains Garlick. He says the road and pathway will also draw the College closer to life within the Coldstream community. ``It, of course, improves access to the College for cycling and pedestrians and it's going to change the traffic flows through Coldstream.'' He expects an increase in traffic along Kal Lake Road which may lead to further, smaller, improvements. There were a number of challenges for the road's designer, including going over a stream, under the rail line and up a steep hill. The audience was told that snake and fish salvage operations had to be conducted and trees cut before woodpeckers began nesting in the spring. Meanwhile, Coldstream resident Louise Christie, who lives on West Kal Road, says the extension has an added benefit for people in her neighbourhood. ``It's going to be so much quieter, it's going to be so much safer,'' says Christie. ``I'm not going to have to worry about crossing the road.'' The multi-million dollar project was paid for by federal, provincial and District funds.
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