Construction industry concerned about plans to amend noise bylaw in Kelowna [Video]

With a lot of construction in Kelowna comes a lot of noise.

Wanda Wall lives in a building on the corner of Benvoulin and Springfield Roads and is surrounded by multiple construction projects.

“The noise does bother me if I have my windows open or if I’m outside here,” Wall told Global News.

But now the city council has endorsed in principle plans to restrict when that construction noise can be made.

“Sounds good,” said Jerraine Willis, who also lives in the Springfield/Benvoulin area. “I think the weekends should be ours.”

While construction noise would still be allowed on the weekends, it wouldn’t be as early.

Right now construction noise is allowed from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m., seven days a week.

If the amendments are passed, construction noise hours would be restricted to between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekends and no construction noise would be allowed on …