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UPDATE: 4:15 p.m.
Penticton's MLA Dan Ashton, a longtime area resident, has some detailed tips for how drivers can access the new west side alternate detour for Highway 97.
He posted the following on Facebook Friday afternoon:
From Summerland:
"Follow Prairie Valley Rd. towards the landfill/KVR Steam Railway.
Once on the "the hill" stay on the Princeton Summerland Rd through Faulder.
Stay on the Princeton Summerland road that ultimately would take you to Princeton.
At the Trout Creek FSR the ministry will have signs directing you to Peachland. Stay on this road and follow the signs.
You will end up in Peachland on Princeton Ave., where you will turn right.
Please note DO NOT turn onto the Glen Lake Rd. This is an active logging road and is NOT the MoTI alternate route."
From Peachland:
"Heading southbound on Hwy. 97 turn right at the last set of lights onto Princeton Avenue. This is the original set of lights in Peachland.
Stay on Princeton Avenue and follow it along until you see the MoTI signage indicating a left turn on the Peachland forest service road.
Follow the signs until eventually you will run into the Summerland Princeton road where you will take a left.
Stay on the Summerland Princeton road until eventually it exits onto Prairie Valley Rd where you will turn left.
Follow the Prairie Valley Rd into Summerland."
The area is also well signed, according to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, with directions posted at key intersections.
ORIGINAL: 1:30 p.m.
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has just announced they have opened a new alternate route for travellers on the west side of Okanagan Lake spanning between Peachland and Summerland.
The Trout Creek service road has been graded, plowed and sanded, and will continue to be maintained.
"This route will accommodate light vehicles, five tons or less, providing a better connection for local traffic travelling from Summerland to Peachland, or Peachland to Summerland," said Paula Cousins, MoTI deputy director for the Southern Interior Region.
The full route includes the Princeton-Summerland Road west of Summerland, the Trout Creek Service Road, and the Peachland Forest Service Road to Princeton Avenue in Peachland.
The ministry says the route will be 45 minutes faster to travel between the two communities as compared to driving through Kelowna and using the 201 Forest Service Road.
Good winter tires are needed, and the maximum speed allowed is 50 kilometres per hour. The road is well signed throughout.
The ministry recommends the route as a far faster option for anyone living on the west side trying to travel south. They say they do not have a map available yet, but are working on it to be shared with the public this weekend.
