The city is going to try to make it a little safer for pedestrians in a North Delta neighbourhood.
Council recently endorsed implementing a "Slow Streets" pilot program in the area bounded by 116th Street to the west, 118th Street to the east, 80th Avenue to the south, and 82nd Avenue to the north.
Traffic data, that was collected earlier this year, indicated vehicle speeds ranged between 39 km/h and 42 km/h, while the daily traffic volumes are considered low for a local road standard.
However, in an effort to further reduce speeds, the program will involve 30 km/h speed limit signs at the two entrances to the neighbourhood, supplemented with the installation of speed humps.
Additional community-based signage will also be installed to further encourage drivers to slow down and respect pedestrians and cyclists.
The city is already looking into improving pedestrian safety by increasing the number of sidewalks in the area.
Coun. Lois Jackson, at a council meeting earlier this year, made a motion for the city to look at making changes, saying other North Delta neighbourhoods are facing similar concerns.
Mayor George Harvie agreed, saying he did a walking tour of the area, which confirmed in his view, it’s time to improve the sidewalk network there and elsewhere in the city.
At a subsequent council meeting he reiterated that too many areas have incomplete sidewalk networks and the city had fallen behind.
