Kelowna councillor seeking review of local construction hours

Currently city bylaws allow construction to happen in Kelowna between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., seven days a week, year-round.

It’s no secret that construction sites can be very loud, and with more projects popping up around Kelowna, B.C., some residents feel there is no break from the noise.

Kelowna resident, Colleen Heck, lives beside an active construction site and says construction has been non-stop since the project began.

“My living room and my deck are an extension of each other during the summertime as with most people in Kelowna, we love to sit outside. But those things were shut down because of the noise because of the dust from the site,” said Heck.

“Only two days that they’ve actually stopped any construction here was on Dec. 25 and 26th.”

Heck went on to say that she is frustrated with the construction noise that she says starts early every morning and goes throughout the day.

Currently, city bylaws allow construction to happen in Kelowna between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., seven days a week, year-round.

“This building we have seven days a week, 24 hours a day of noise disruption. I think it’s unfair, I think that these bylaws in Kelowna need to be changed. I think these bylaws were put in place when there was a time there wasn’t a lot of construction going on,” said Heck.

“I think that we deserve to have a day off. I think that holiday should be a day off, I think Saturdays should be limited. That takes into consideration the people that live next to a construction site.”