WHEREAS the Ministry of Transportation should recognize the need to consider development standards during subdivision or development approval; AND WHEREAS it is important to residents that there be continuity of road standards between rural and urban areas: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that high-density or urban-like subdivision or development applications in rural areas that are part of a future adjacent municipal growth area plan be required to upgrade roads to an urban standard.
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION The Ministry of Transportation is aware of these concerns regarding urban road standards. The ministry will be setting up a meeting in the new year with the City of Vernon, the Okanagan-Shuswap District and the North Okanagan Regional District to discuss these concerns in further detail.