Traffic

Salmon Arm RCMP use a spike belt to ground a vehicle after it was reported driving into oncoming lanes on Highway 1 on Thursday night, July 7, 2020. (Black Press file photo)

Spike belt grounds vehicle driving erratically on Highway 1 in Shuswap

Salmon Arm RCMP arrest man with four outstanding warrants for drug and driving offences

Salmon Arm RCMP use a spike belt to ground a vehicle after it was reported driving into oncoming lanes on Highway 1 on Thursday night, July 7, 2020. (Black Press file photo)
Salmon Arm RCMP use spike belt to ground vehicle after it was reported driving into oncoming lanes on Highway 1 on Thursday night, July 7, 2020. (Black Press file photo)

Spike belt grounds Shuswap vehicle veering into oncoming lanes on Highway 1

Salmon Arm RCMP arrest man with four outstanding warrants

Salmon Arm RCMP use spike belt to ground vehicle after it was reported driving into oncoming lanes on Highway 1 on Thursday night, July 7, 2020. (Black Press file photo)
The crosswalks on 30th Street at the Little Mountain fields and at Ninth Avenue in Salmon Arm are destined for rapid rectangular flashing beacons in 2021, subject to budget approvals. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)

Flashing beacons planned for Salmon Arm’s Little Mountain fields crosswalk

Improvements from traffic safety committee subject to budget considerations

The crosswalks on 30th Street at the Little Mountain fields and at Ninth Avenue in Salmon Arm are destined for rapid rectangular flashing beacons in 2021, subject to budget approvals. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)
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Semi-truck tips over in Sicamous traffic circle

The traffic circle at Highway 97A will be closed until at least 1 p.m.

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One of the requests to the City of Salmon Arm’s traffic safety committee discussed at the committee’s November meeting was that a crosswalk be placed on 23rd Street SE where children access the pathway to HIllcrest Elementary. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)

Flashing beacons pondered for Turner Creek Trail crosswalk in Salmon Arm

Crosswalk near Hillcrest Elementary also a request to traffic safety committee

One of the requests to the City of Salmon Arm’s traffic safety committee discussed at the committee’s November meeting was that a crosswalk be placed on 23rd Street SE where children access the pathway to HIllcrest Elementary. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)
The City of Salmon Arm is considering changes to improve safety at the intersection of Alexander and Third Streets NE, but will be consulting with nearby businesses before any plans are finalized. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)

Safety upgrades considered for streets in vicinity of Salmon Arm Cenotaph

City staff plan to consult with businesses to come up with new traffic pattern

The City of Salmon Arm is considering changes to improve safety at the intersection of Alexander and Third Streets NE, but will be consulting with nearby businesses before any plans are finalized. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)
The City of Salmon Arm is recommending a four-way stop for the busy intersection of 30th Street NE and 20th Avenue NE near Salmon Arm Secondary’s Sullivan campus. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)

Council recommends improvements for busy Salmon Arm intersection

Intersection of 30th Street and 20th Avenue NE may see a four-way stop

The City of Salmon Arm is recommending a four-way stop for the busy intersection of 30th Street NE and 20th Avenue NE near Salmon Arm Secondary’s Sullivan campus. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)
The Canoe Traffic-Calming Working Group wrote to council in November 2020 requesting safety improvements, including the reduction or eradication of speeding up and down 50th Street, the main access road in and out of Canoe. The city’s traffic safety committee recommended a four-way stop at 50th Street and 70th Avenue NE. (Kristal Burgess photo)

Four-way stop likely coming to problematic North Canoe intersection

City’s traffic safety committee recommends three improvements to Salmon Arm Council

The Canoe Traffic-Calming Working Group wrote to council in November 2020 requesting safety improvements, including the reduction or eradication of speeding up and down 50th Street, the main access road in and out of Canoe. The city’s traffic safety committee recommended a four-way stop at 50th Street and 70th Avenue NE. (Kristal Burgess photo)
The speed humps the City of Salmon Arm installed on Okanagan Avenue behind city hall appear to be working, report city staff. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)

Speed humps near Salmon Arm’s Fletcher Park considered a success

City staff say traffic has slowed accordingly, visibility will improve when street light replaced

The speed humps the City of Salmon Arm installed on Okanagan Avenue behind city hall appear to be working, report city staff. (Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer)
Kristal Burgess, leader of the Canoe Traffic-Calming Working Group, wrote to council in November 2020 requesting safety improvements, including the reduction or eradication of speeding up and down 50th Street, the main access road in and out of Canoe. (Kristal Burgess photo)

Dangerous drivers prompt request from Canoe residents to Salmon Arm council

Traffic-calming work group makes several requests, including better signage and more police presence

Kristal Burgess, leader of the Canoe Traffic-Calming Working Group, wrote to council in November 2020 requesting safety improvements, including the reduction or eradication of speeding up and down 50th Street, the main access road in and out of Canoe. (Kristal Burgess photo)
Dash-cam footage captured on Nov. 18 shows a near miss involving a semi truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in Salmon Arm. (Contributed)

Video: Semi truck running red light nearly collides with car in Salmon Arm

In response to dash-cam footage, Mayor Alan Harrison detailed planned downtown highway upgrades

Dash-cam footage captured on Nov. 18 shows a near miss involving a semi truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in Salmon Arm. (Contributed)
Cadets of the 222 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron - Shuswap, take a look at howitzer artillery pieces used for avalanche control at Rogers Pass on March 2, 2020. (Contributed)

Hwy 1 to close intermittently for avalanche control over Rogers Pass

Control is planned Nov. 21

Cadets of the 222 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron - Shuswap, take a look at howitzer artillery pieces used for avalanche control at Rogers Pass on March 2, 2020. (Contributed)
Highway camera in Glacier National Park at approximately 12:30 p.m. today. (Screenshot)

Vehicle crash closes Highway 1 east of Revelstoke

Highway not expected to open until at least 6 p.m.

Highway camera in Glacier National Park at approximately 12:30 p.m. today. (Screenshot)
Intersection disruptions for North Okanagan

Intersection disruptions for North Okanagan

All city-owned lights to be tested over next three weeks starting Monday, Oct. 5

Intersection disruptions for North Okanagan
SUV tried to push past a traffic flagger on Aug. 13. RCMP said the video highlights some of the high risks facing traffic flaggers. (Facebook)

VIDEO: Revelstoke RCMP investigate roundabout incident with traffic flagger

The incident occured on Aug. 13 during fatal Highway 1 closure

SUV tried to push past a traffic flagger on Aug. 13. RCMP said the video highlights some of the high risks facing traffic flaggers. (Facebook)
Salmon Arm RCMP responded to 18 collisions over the B.C. Day long weekend. (File photo)

Salmon Arm RCMP’s busy long weekend punctuated by motorcycle collisions

Air ambulance brought in for Friday afternoon crash in Tappen

Salmon Arm RCMP responded to 18 collisions over the B.C. Day long weekend. (File photo)
The Sicamous RCMP caught an excessive speeder on June 30. (File Photo)

Sicamous RCMP catch driver going 70 km/hr over speed limit

The car involved was impounded.

The Sicamous RCMP caught an excessive speeder on June 30. (File Photo)
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Horse hit by truck on Westside Road

Area residents asking for motorists to slow down and watch for animals

(File photo)
Westside motorists advised of overnight road closure

Westside motorists advised of overnight road closure

Maintenance closing road between Traders Cove and Pine Point near Kelowna July 8

Westside motorists advised of overnight road closure
Posts on social media indicate a logging truck crashed on Highway 97A damaging powerlines. (Courtney Wowk/Facebook)

Logging truck spill closes one lane of Highway 97A south of Sicamous

A power outage in the area may have been caused by the dropped logs.

Posts on social media indicate a logging truck crashed on Highway 97A damaging powerlines. (Courtney Wowk/Facebook)
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