FACTS OF INTEREST

FACTS of INTEREST

TIME TO TRAVEL XPRESSWAY FROM ABBOTT TO GORDON... 2 MINUTES

TIME TO TRAVEL HARVEY..........?

TRAFFIC COUNT CURRENTLY ON BRIDGE...60,000 +VEHICLES PER DAY

                                                                           MAXIMUM TRAFFIC CAPACITY OF BENNETT BRIDGE...80,000 VEH.P.DAY

50% OF VEHICLES TRAVELLING HARVEY BYPASS DOWNTOWN

80% OF TRUCKS TRAVELLING HARVEY BYPASS DOWNTOWN

20% LESS FUEL USED TO ACCELERATE FROM 15 KM THAN

FROM STOP LIGHTS

MAJORITY OF KELOWNA CITIZENS SAID TRAFFIC IS # 1 PROBLEM

IN RECENT KELOWNA STUDY.

4% GROWTH WILL DOUBLE POPULATION IN 18 YEARS.

EACH NEW HOME REPRESENTS 2 VEHICLES.

REASONS FOR THIS XPRESSWAY:                                                                                        

A SECOND CROSSING IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR AT LEAST 25 YEARS

XPRESSWAY 1/10TH THE COST OF A SECOND CROSSING

KELOWNA'S RECENT SURVEY SAYS:  71% DRIVE EVERY DAY

76% ARE UNHAPPY WITH ROADS AND TRAFFIC   

THEREFORE 100% OF DRIVERS WANT A CURE FOR CONGESTION AND POLLUTION

A RECENT NEWSPAPER OPINION POLL HAS AN OVERWHELMING APPROVAL RATING

FOR THE UPGRADING OF THE CITY ROAD SYSTEM

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS JUST INCLUDED SOME OF HWY. 97 IN  THEIR SYSTEM.

MP RON CANNAN HAS AGREED TO PRESENT OUR FINANCIAL NEEDS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

WHEN THE KELOWNA CITY STAFF AND VICTORIA FAVORABLY PROMOTES THIS RAISED HIGHWAY CONCEPT.

Former HIGHWAYS MINISTER HONORABLE FALCON, UPON THE PROMOTION OF THIS RAISED HIGHWAY CONCEPT

BY THE KELOWNA CITY STAFF,

 WELCOMED CONSIDERATION OF THE RAISED TWIN-TWO LANE XPRESSWAY,

 ULTIMATELY RETURNING HARVEY AVENUE TO THE CITIZENS OF KELOWNA.

RECENTLY, RON WESTLAKE, OF KELOWNA CITY TRAFFIC STAFF, HAS STATED A WILLINGNESS

 TO CONSIDER THE XPRESSWAY WHEN SENIOUR GOVERNMENTS BRING THE CONCEPT TO KELOWNA’S ATTENTION.

THEREFORE, IT IS OBVIOUS THE CITIZENS OF KELOWNA MUST BRING THESE THREE GOVERNMENTS

TO THE DISCUSSION TABLE.

THE THOUGHT OF CREATING ANOTHER PROTEST OR BOISTEROUS ASSEMBLY OF KELOWNA CITIZENS TO THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS REPULSIVE. SURELY  CO-OPERATIVE ACTION BY THESE THREE ELECTED POLITICAL BODIES IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PRESSURE TACTICS WE ARE SEEING SO OFTEN WHEN SOME PERSON FORMS A GROUP TO TRY TO GET THEIR POINT OF VIEW ACROSS TO THE POLITICIANS.
LET US EXPRESS OUR VIEWS VIA THIS MEDIUM ... MAKE YOUR POINT IN THE COMMENTS BOX ... THEY WILL BE READ!