Summit Drive

PETERS – Fence or overpass, TRU and City can’t wall off their relationship

March 2, 2024 // 4 Comments

THE PROPOSAL FOR AN OVERPASS spanning Summit Drive and leading to the Thompson Rivers University campus is so old, it’s almost eligible to enroll at TRU. It’s so old, I [Continue]

EDITORIAL – There’s still a lot of fence mending to do between City and TRU

February 28, 2024 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE’S STILL A LOT of fence mending to do between Thompson Rivers University and Kamloops City council. TRU president Brett Fairbairn [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Let’s cheer for TRU to ignore council’s ultimatum on overpass

February 7, 2024 // 21 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HARDBALL WAS THE NAME of the game at Tuesday’s City council meeting as council members lambasted TRU over the proposed $10-million [Continue]

LETTER – Summit overpass, Westsyde Road walkway both a waste of money

April 18, 2023 // 2 Comments

Re: The perfect way to waste money – Summit pedestrian overpass Thanks Mel for your article on the “Summitt Overpass”. I agree – total waste of money. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The perfect way to waste money – Summit pedestrian overpass

April 13, 2023 // 15 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF THE BRAIN TRUST at City Hall sat down to think of the perfect way to waste several million dollars, it couldn’t come up with anything [Continue]

LETTER – Construction of Summit Drive overpass is much needed, long overdue

April 5, 2022 // 5 Comments

THE IDEA OF BUILDING an overpass over Summit Drive to connect the downtown West End of Kamloops with TRU has been in City plans for 15 years or more. The recent announcement [Continue]