Penticton Indian Band Chief Greg Gabriel said “lives will be saved” now that major upgrades have been completed at the intersection of Highway 97 and Skaha Hills Drive in Penticton.

Gabriel was joined Wednesday afternoon by members of the PIB council and several band members, Penticton Mayor Julius Bloomfield, officials from the Ministry of Transportation and members of the construction crews that worked on the project over the past 13 months to improve safety and traffic flow at an intersection where numerous deadly collisions and serious accidents have taken place over many decades.

Last September, the Ministry of Transportation announced a $7.3 million contract had been awarded to Twincon Enterprises Ltd. for construction of improvements, which will be in addition to the temporary tra

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