The Saanich Police Department is reminding motorists to be mindful of the reduced speed limits on several corridors after handing out nearly 50 tickets in August on one route.
Back in March, Saanich council voted to lower speed limits along nine priority corridors after directing staff to evaluate those corridors in July 2022.
A staff report at the time noted a person hit by a vehicle travelling 56 km/h is five times more likely to die than someone hit by one going just 32 km/h.
Speed will be limited to 40 km/h on Gorge Road West, Tillicum Road, Saanich Road and the entire seaside route from Cadboro Bay Road to Cordova Bay Road, while the speed limit on PKOLS/Mount Douglas Park’s summit road will be lowered to 25 km/h.
The default speed limit for municipal streets in the province is 50 km/h.
A 40 km/h speed limit will also be observed along Cedar Hill Cross Road, where 16-year-old Kaydence Bourque was killed in a marked crosswalk in December 2021.
Saanich officers were conducting speed enforcement over a three-week period in August along Ash Road – part of that seaside route – and issued almost 50 tickets. Some drivers were recorded travelling up to 80 km/h.
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