Construction industry concerned about plans to amend noise bylaw in Kelowna

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While construction noise would still be allowed on the weekends, it wouldn't be as early.

Kelowna city council is considering restricting construction noise hours on the weekends and not allowing them at all on stat holidays.Wanda Wall lives in a building on the corner of Benvoulin and Springfield Roads and is surrounded by multiple construction projects.But now the city council has endorsed in principle plans to restrict when that construction noise can be made.

If the amendments are passed, construction noise hours would be restricted to between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekends and no construction noise would be allowed on statutory holidays. “Any further restrictions, you know, in the construction industry will have adverse effects for any goals that the governments or municipalities have on housing or any other projects,” Kshyk said. “We don’t have a magic wand, you know, to overcome those restrictions.

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