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Just in time for the summer walking and cycling season, the District of Peachland has received a grant to complete a trail linking the community to West Kelowna.
In early 2024, Peachland was awarded up to $420,236 by the provincial government to build phase one of a 2.8-km trail between Peachland and Goat's Peak. The feds kicked in $356,400 for the project.
With phase one nearing completion, the B.C. government has announced an additional grant up to $500,000 for the second phase of the trail.
“We are so pleased the province sees how important this project is for our community, and also the Government of Canada, through these active transportation grants,” said Mayor Patrick Van Minsel.
“This is a very special project because it not only connects the two communities of Peachland and West Kelowna with a safe, multi-use pedestrian and cycling pathway, but it is also a critical link in the multi-use path networks that are connecting the communities from the North Okanagan to the South Okanagan.”
Once construction is completed, cyclists and pedestrians will soon have a safe connection to Goat’s Peak in West Kelowna. The new multi-use trail will begin just north of the intersection of Highway 97 and Buchanan Road in Peachland and end near the Seclusion Bay Road underpass under Highway 97 near the boundary of Peachland and West Kelowna.
The new path will be made up of short sections of protected off-street multi-use pathways adjacent to Highway 97, off street multi-use pathways and a stretch of neighbourhood bikeway along Drought Road. It should open in May.
The Peachland to Goat’s Peak trail will tie into a 250-km multi-purpose trail system that will hopefully one day span the entire Okanagan Valley. Once these trail systems are connected, communities from Sicamous to Osoyoos will be able to use the trail to get from one end of the Okanagan to the other.
