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Road work backs up Highway 97 in Penticton

Traffic is down to one lane heading into Penticton
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Roadwork near Riverside Drive on Highway 97 has traffic slowing to a crawl heading into Penticton on Tuesday morning. (Monique Tamminga- Western News)

Give yourself some extra time if you are coming into Penticton from Summerland.

Road work has Highway 97 backed up past Sage Mesa Road outside of Penticton.

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Construction work is being done near Riverside Drive at the bridge over the channel and traffic has been reduced to a single southbound lane.

It not known how long the road work will be going on for.

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Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the Langley Advance Times.
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