The City of West Kelowna will be installing a bladder dam on the west side of Gellatly Road, extending from the Cove Lakeside Resort to the bridge over Powers. The installation is a flood prevention measure and will require the closing of the road for approximately two days.
The bladder dam is a temporary installation but will be in place until threat of creek flooding has passed. It is just one of several flood-prevention measures the City has put in place on Gellatly Road which flooded during the 2017 freshet. Rotary Trails Park remains closed and is a staging area for creek flood response equipment.
The public is asked to keep away from flood protection installations for their own safety.
With similar conditions to last year expected, including a higher-than-normal snowpack, the City is conducting creek flood prevention work and monitoring of the flood threat throughout the community.
Creekside homeowners who wish to protect their properties from possible flooding can find sand and sandbags available at the following locations:
Lakefront property owners are not being advised to put protective measures in place on their properties at this time.