Boucherie Wine Trail Screw-Up

[mexi cali]

The original tender drawings for this work showed the sidewalk bumping around the poles, no idea why that didnt happen but im sure it will.

You cant just stop a job because a few power poles are in a sidewalk, the delay claim from the contractor makes that unfeasible.

No, doing it wrong and having to do it all again is unfeasible.

[dirtguy]

Ff you say so,few existing poles in the middle of the sidewalk isnt that big of a deal...this Councillor is just grandstanding

[dle]

Ff you say so,few existing poles in the middle of the sidewalk isnt that big of a deal...this Councillor is just grandstanding

um, yeah, it is that big of a deal....perhaps you belong to the same "meh" state of mind as the different hires I recently had to call for do-overs. When I'm shelling out big bucks it's definitely a really big deal that it be done properly....actually, if I am hiring someone to do a job who claims expertise then I don't even care how little it might be costing, I still expect the job done properly.

[mexi cali]

That councillor is doing the right thing. There is the right way and then there is whatever these guys did.

Edited to add; you must be a contractor. You obviously live by the "close enough" motto.

[heather yeats]

Now would be a good time to interrogate the city "council" and turf all of those who are either ignorant of their jobs or totally inept. What a bunch or unemployable morons! No oversight of anything other than cashing their paychecks.

Opportunity to "interrogate the future Council members happening tonight! Not necessarily on this topic....but

There will be a West Kelowna Council Candidates only forum at 6:40 pm tonight at The Westside Alliance Church on Daimler - opposite Constable Neil Bruce Middle School

There are 16 Council Candidates. They did not get the change to speak at last weeks forum except to just read a prepared 90 second speech. This forum will give voters the opportunity to assess candidates as they answer questions .

Please share with all your contacts. We want a good audience. Its been tough setting this up over Thanksgiving....but it will be worth it!

[mexi cali]

Thanks Heather.

[Glacier]

Wow, it's 2018 and they still have those ugly overhead powerlines! The projects I've worked on almost always put the power lines underground.

[Steve-O]

Heading towards the lake along Harvey just past Burtch, you will see a series of light poles in the middle of the side walk. Been there for years.

[Steve-O]

Or hey, what about the side walk on Old Okanagan Hwy just below Bayview Village that ends in a wall. That would of been a WFN project.

[Fancy]

Heading towards the lake along Harvey just past Burtch, you will see a series of light poles in the middle of the side walk. Been there for years.

Think they're more to the curb side and one can still get a wheelchair by.

[dirtguy]

Or hey, what about the side walk on Old Okanagan Hwy just below Bayview Village that ends in a wall. That would of been a WFN project.

Same engineer oddly enough

[the truth]

Ff you say so,few existing poles in the middle of the sidewalk isnt that big of a deal...this Councillor is just grandstanding

no big deal how about handicap people in wheel chairs and scooters , how about blind people on and on it goes. it is a big deal

[the truth]

Or hey, what about the side walk on Old Okanagan Hwy just below Bayview Village that ends in a wall. That would of been a WFN project.

Same engineer oddly enough

explains everything now

[Poindexter]

Now there is a possibility that this was a screw up in the design but if this was an existing pole, it's more likely that the project manager dropped the ball. The city engineers can request that poles be moved but they don't have the authority to do it, that's up to the owners of the utilities located on that pole. So they would have to coordinate with a company like Fortis, Telus, Shaw or the more likely scenario, all three at once.The people who put in the sidewalks have a deadline that may come penalties if not met so they'd have little choice but to pour the concrete around the pole even if the utilities company had not completed their job. Either way, I'm sure they'll be plenty of blame to spread around but at this point we may as well just have some fun with it because it's not really just a pole anymore, it's kind of Pole-ish.

[Zoso]

Should be fun to do snow removal there now . Everyone in lakeview will be a bunch of lugers . I am supposing the works were paid for by the wineries .the tax they collect along that corridor probably could have had heated streets .