Commercial trucks will no longer have the right to travel on a downtown corridor.
Kamloops council has passed a resolution backing an administration request to remove the designated corridor along Lorne Street, River Street and 10th Avenue as an official truck route.
Large trucks will still be able to travel on the corridor to service local business, but not as a through-route.
Marvin Kwiatkowski, the city’s director of development services, said at Tuesday’s (Jan. 13) regular council meeting the route is no longer suitable due to changes made by the city, including the roundabout at Lorne Street and Third Avenue (in front of Interior Savings Centre) and the new intersection at First Avenue beside city hall.
Kwiatkowsk said the low height of railway overpasses also makes the route unsuitable for large trucks.
Both Lansdowne Avenue and Seymour Avenue remain the designated truck routes downtown.
The city consulted with the B.C. Trucking Association, which did not oppose the changes.
In a report, Kwiatkowski said there have been incidents of trucks hitting fencing and railway overpasses on the route. He said the change will also make the roadway more suitable for cyclists and pedestrians.
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