Looming construction of bike lane in Kelowna prompts launch of petition
Global News
The city plans to build a separated and protected bike path with patches of grass along it and even some trees.
Leckie Road between Dilworth Road and Highway 97 in Kelowna is home to plenty of businesses.
Those businesses are now banding together to fight city hall as it gets set to construct a bike path.
“I think the bicycle path is a great idea, but I think they should revisit the way they’re going to do it,” said Theo Pauls, owner of Okapro Automotive.
With parking already at a premium, business operators worry that if parking capacity is further reduced, it will lead to a loss of customers.
“If I have customers coming in here and they can’t find a place to park, they’re just going to leave,” Pauls said. “So that would be lost revenue for myself.”
Business operators say they support bike lanes — but the kind the city is proposing to build will take away much-needed, on-street parking.
“We have such a lack of parking in this area and the parking that is already here is overwhelmed as it is,” said Rob Rickard, owner of Hotwire Electric.
The city plans to build a separated and protected bike path, with patches of grass along it and even some trees.
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