Provincial load restrictions are updated as new information becomes available.

Province of British Columbia
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

OKANAGAN SHUSWAP DISTRICT
SERVICE AREA - 8

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PUBLIC NOTICE #9
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Pursuant to Section 66 of the Transportation Act, notice is hereby given that load restrictions may be
placed, on short notice in the near future, on all Highways in the following Ministry of Transportation
and Infrastructure Service Area:

UPCOMING LOAD RESTRICTIONS within the South Okanagan Service Area - 8
(Osoyoos, Oliver, Keremeos, Princeton, Penticton, Summerland, Peachland, West Kelowna, Kelowna,
Lake Country)

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Effective 1:00pm PST on Friday, April 10th, 2026.
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Provincial Numbered Routes - UNRESTRICTED
No. 97 Highway - From Canada US Border to Crystal Waters Road North (Lake Country)
No. 97C Highway - From Okanagan Hwy 97 (Peachland) to Pennask Summit (District Boundary)
No. 3 Highway - From Sunday Summit to Anarchist Summit
No. 3A Highway - From Keremeos to Kaleden
Trepanier Road (Peachland Municipal Boundary to end of maintained)
Copper Mountain Road - Princeton
North Beach Road - Summerland
Princeton Summerland Road - Summerland/Princeton
Keremeos Bypass Road

Provincial Numbered Routes - 100% Legal Axle Loading
No. 5A Highway - From Princeton to Gulliford Lake (District Boundary)
No. 33 Highway - From Okanagan Hwy 97 (Kelowna) to McCulloch Road (District Boundary)

Provincial Side Roads - 100% Legal Axle Loading
Kelowna/West Kelowna area - All side roads except those listed at 70%
Osoyoos area - All side roads
Oliver area - All side roads except those listed at 70%
Princeton/Keremeos area - All side roads except those listed at 70%.
Summerland/Peachland area - All side roads except those listed at 70%

70% Legal Axle Loading - KELOWNA/WEST KELOWNA AREA:
McCulloch Road
70% Legal Axle Loading - PRINCETON AREA:

Summers Creek Road
Allenby Road
Coalmont Road

Ministry Contact: Kevin Schmidt, (236) 420-6679
Issued by: Bayle Chamberlain, District Manager, Transportation, Okanagan Shuswap District

All overload permits on restricted routes are invalid for the duration of these restrictions. The
applicable tolerances provided under 7.06(1) of the regulations pursuant to the Commercial Transport
Act shall apply. Violators of the regulations and restrictions will be prosecuted. The public, and trucking
and transportation companies should govern themselves accordingly.

Online at: http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/loadrestrictions/loadrestrictions.htm

The Ministry of Transportation
urges you to check road conditions often.

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