Posted on December 12, 2024
Waterfront property owners in West Kelowna will have to pay almost $1 million if they want a bay dredged so they can float their boats on it.
Green Bay has become too shallow for the safe navigation of vessels outside the peak summer period, city councillors will hear today.
A plan to dredge almost 3,000 cubic materials of sand and other material out of the bay is estimated to cost $950,000, all for which would have to be borne by approximately 40 property owners around the bay.
For the work to go ahead next spring, at least 50 per cent of the affected property owners who collectively own 50 per cent of the area’s land values will have to sign a petition in support of the dredging.
Results of the petition process are expected to be known in January. The dredging plan also includes expenses for trucking the material for disposal, environmental monitoring, and $100,000 to the Westbank First Nation for archaeological monitoring.
If the plan proceeds, the dredging will start in March or April, and continue for an estimated four weeks.
Two of the affected properties around the bay are owned by the City of West Kelowna
