GranFondo impacts Vernon and Lake Country traffic

RBC GranFondo Kelowna cycling event to cause traffic delays in Vernon and Lake Country

  • Jul. 15, 2011 8:00 p.m.

The RBC GranFondo Kelowna cycling event takes place Saturday and that means temporary traffic changes in Vernon and Lake Country.

Riders will cross the start line at 7 a.m. in Kelowna, heading north towards Lake Country with views of Okanagan Lake. After climbing to Predator Ridge, riders pass through Vernon, where the Medio starts at 9 a.m.

Next, riders venture southbound on Highway 97 past Kalamalka and Wood lakes and through Oyama and Winfield . The race wraps up in downtown Kelowna.

Expected hours of peak traffic impact are as follows:

Carrs Landing Road: 7:30 to 9 a.m.

– Commonage Road: 8 to 10 a.m.

– Vernon: 8 to 11 a.m.

– Highway 97 to Oyama: 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon

– Oyama Road: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Spectators are not permitted to stop on the roadways that make up the course, but are encouraged to use various viewing areas.

The following locations are suggested spectator areas:

– 8:30 a.m.: Just over halfway for the GranFondo riders and the start of the Medio at Vernon Army Camp.

– 9:15 a.m.: Close to the 95-kilometre mark, spectators can watch the cyclists go by at George Elliot Secondary School on Bottom Wood Lake Road in Lake Country.

 

For more information, go to www.rbcgranfondokelowna.com.

 

 

Vernon Morning Star