West Kelowna squeezed

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[Raven1]

Where has West Kelowna really grown?

You need to ask?

Look at the mountainsides after dark, go for a drive.....what used to be seasonal/summer traffic jams are now year round
events.

While a majority of the population growth has taken place on WFN lands it is just as evident on non-reserve lands as well.

[Fancy]

While a majority of the population growth has taken place on WFN lands it is just as evident on non-reserve lands as well.

Ask a simple question. I asked where it has "really grown". Not interested what's going on WFN lands but fall mentioned the different neighbourhoods. I'll have to take a drive and see all these new developments that have occurred since incorporation.

[Not PC]

You must not live on this side of the lake. It's in-your-face obvious where it's grown.

[Anonymous123]

Amalgamate.

[AtticSalt]

Apparently we have a simular problem on this side of the effluent lake with traffic trying to move from the algae bloom on the south slopes to ANYWHERE...and there are many more houses yet to built . So it will be the farm land that will be paved over to make more roads only to move more cars towards that wonderful traffic light rittled hwy . Do you see the irony? I say STOP building...let the dust settle and maybe we can have a nice place to live again. Enough is enough..

[Fancy]

You must not live on this side of the lake. It's in-your-face obvious where it's grown.

It really wasn't a hard question "where has it REALLY grown in West Kelowna?". Name a couple of places that have exploded (I know of Tallus Ridge and Smith Creek). West Kelowna as a city hasn't been incorporated for very long and I don't see the businesses being built here either. There will be another development near the Shannon Lake Golf Course that will be starting any time (surveyors there not too long ago). What is being built now that is not on lease land? I just would like to check it out.

[Ken7]

You must not live on this side of the lake. It's in-your-face obvious where it's grown.

I moved to Kelowna in 2006. Every week I drive to Peachland two days and have seen the growth. The commercial big box stores, the new residential development is quite obvious even from the highway. It now has everything other then a Public Hospital that Kelowna has.

[lightspeed]

Apparently we have a simular problem on this side of the effluent lake with traffic trying to move from the algae bloom on the south slopes to ANYWHERE...and there are many more houses yet to built . So it will be the farm land that will be paved over to make more roads only to move more cars towards that wonderful traffic light rittled hwy . Do you see the irony? I say STOP building...let the dust settle and maybe we can have a nice place to live again. Enough is enough..

Agreed.

[southy]

Fancy that! A simple answer ... Thanks Ken!

[Fancy]

Well Ken7 didn't answer my question. Aren't most of the commercial big box stores on reserve? Are people getting Westbank First Nation lands and West Kelowna confused?

[Raven1]

Well Ken7 didn't answer my question. Aren't most of the commercial big box stores on reserve? Are people getting Westbank First Nation lands and West Kelowna confused?

Ahhhh, you're one of them ....West Kelowna proud.

If not for WFN, the luxury of goods and groceries would not be so prevalent on the west side of the lake. You can't have a West Kelowna without WFN lands.

The growth on non reserve lands is everywhere....Rose Valley, Lake View Heights, Shannon Lake, Gellatly, and even Westbank proper.

Oh look, it's Sunday....go for a drive.

[Fancy]

The growth on non reserve lands is everywhere....Rose Valley, Lake View Heights, Shannon Lake, Gellatly, and even Westbank proper.

Oh look, it's Sunday....go for a drive.

Guess you are confused - try reading the article in the first post. I'll ignore the irrelvant part of your post and just reiterate I was just asking a simple question (twice) so no need to repeat it. I also mentioned the areas I've seen built up and I've already been for the drive to check out the neighbourhoods I haven't had a chance to visit in the last couple of years. "nuff said.

[Fancy]

There were also a record-breaking number of single family homebuilding permits issued in 2016, “and all signs point to an even better year in 2017.”

If people think it's bad now, just wait. Shannon Lake Road still has the traffic light at the little bridge, OK highway still in construction and the proposed subdivision on Mt. Boucherie will probably cause chaos. There's articles about Peachland being a bedroom community to West Kelowna but West Kelowna is a bedroom community to Kelowna. People aren't going to be happy if city parks are sold off to make room for other structures.