{"id":7747,"date":"2025-12-05T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/?p=7453516"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:00:00","slug":"new-1350-home-subdivision-proposed-near-kamloops-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/7747\/new-1350-home-subdivision-proposed-near-kamloops-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"New 1,350-home subdivision proposed near Kamloops jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A planned Kamloops subdivision could extend a 1,350-home neighbourhood beyond the local jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kamloops city council will be briefed on an overview of the plan, which would cover more than 36 hectares of undeveloped land west of the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abutting Kenna Cartwright Park, the neighbourhood is dubbed Kenna Village and would be across the highway from the Iron Mask industrial park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/kenna-village.png\" alt=\"|\" class=\"wp-image-7453520\" title=\"|\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An aerial rendering of the proposed Kenna Village subdivision in southwest Kamloops. SUBMITTED\/Placemark via City of Kamloops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If approved, staff currently expect $100 million in water system upgrades would be needed to service the area, which would be funded through developer cost charges, according to a report to council. Along with plans for townhomes and potential light industrial use, four hectares of the property would remain park space, with trails connecting to the massive neighbouring park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the report, there have already been environmental and archaeological assessments. Tk&#8217;emlups te Secwepemc has also given &#8220;general approval,&#8221; but asked that the neighbourhood acknowledge Indigenous and ranching heritage through architecture, signage or Indigenous tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still in early phases, it&#8217;s not clear when any construction would be approved should council rezone the area, which has been previously earmarked for industrial use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City council will consider changing the official community plan to make way for the new subdivision at a Dec. 9 meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City staff are estimating the neighbourhood would require $100 million in water system upgrades if built.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":7748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"guid":"","_duplicate_post":false,"rank_math_canonical_url":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1680,541,543],"tags":[],"region":[322,323,324,325],"class_list":["post-7747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-topnews","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"post_modified":"2025-12-05T19:00:00","post_modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:00:00","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/inhome-hd-mediaitemid21627-4534_c2dd4d.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7747"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=7747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}