No semi-trucks allowed in downtown Kamloops for the next 6 months

The City of Kamloops is testing out a pilot program that will see semi-trucks detoured out of the downtown area for the next six months.

From Nov. 15 to May. 15, 2025, truck route designations will be removed from Lansdowne Street and Seymour Street.

According to a news release from the city, staff will be exploring the impacts of the possible removal of truck routes in the downtown core.

The city will also be assessing existing large trucks and dangerous good routes throughout the city.

Lansdowne Street has already been closed to all traffic due to the City Centre Sanitary Upgrades Project. After Nov. 15 large trucks will not be permitted on Lansdowne or Seymour.

“Trucks are permitted to travel along non-truck routes as long as they use the closest and most direct route to the trip’s destination upon entering or leaving the truck route,” the city said.

“However, there are some places in Kamloops where vehicles over 10,900 kg are prohibited.”

Municipal, transit and school buses are exempt from restricted truck routes, however.

According to the city's Let’s Talk website for the pilot project, Lansdowne Street saw about 150 articulated trucks per weekday, with the other 190 being single-unit vehicles for a total of 340 trucks per weekday

Those numbers come from traffic counts done in February.

Meanwhile, Seymour Street saw less than half of that with 150 trucks per weekday.

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