The Okanagan Rail Trail is coming along.

The Rail Trail Interjurisdictional Development Team unveiled a one-kilometre test section of the trail Saturday that has been developed over the past two weeks by Sureway Construction.

The trail has been widened with a smoother surface added in the section between McCarthy Road and Lodge Road in Lake Country.

Kelowna resident Sven Gravesen said he was looking forward to a bike ride with his grandchildren on the trail.

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The total cost for the kilometre is still being tallied.

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In the fall, the next section of trail will be developed to connect the path from Dilworth Drive to UBCO in Kelowna. It will be completed in the spring of 2018, said Albiston.