Scenic Canyon Regional Park in Kelowna expands following land swap

A public park in the Central Okanagan has expanded following a land swap deal.

This week, the Regional District of the Central Okanagan (RDCO) announced that it had got approximately 10 original hectares of land for Scenic Canyon Regional Park in Kelowna, along with a correct-of-contrivance measuring 0.86 of a hectare.

The regional district says the fitting-of-contrivance will present connections to the Mission Creek Greenway and Metropolis of Kelowna parks and trails.

In gaining almost 11 hectares from property proprietor David Geen, though, the regional district traded 8.67 hectares of parkland to Geen.

Extra, the RDCO can even receive $454,000 in compensation for the variation in land tag.

The land swap was given the golf green mild following practically no opposition to the RDCO’s alternative approval task.

Ten per cent of the disclose’s voters, or 20,598 of us, wanted to submit forms by March 1, saying they had been adverse to the deal. Alternatively, the regional district mentioned it bought sincere two opposing forms.