This project aims to install three pole-mounted solar streetlights on Chief Billy Drive on Stawamus Reserve and Axen Road on Waiwakum Reserve, a couple of speed bumps close to Mother Bear Child Development Centre/Daycare Services on Lawa Road, and Xwemelch'stn—Capilano School, West Vancouver (Capilano Reserve North Shore). Lastly, a children's playing sign will be added next to our development centre/daycare.
Since its creation in November 2022, the Public Safety Department has received numerous complaints from community members, including elders, families, parents, and daycare and school staff, about speeding and the related safety risks to road users (e.g., pedestrians and cyclists). More specifically, concerns regarding the unsafe traffic environment on Squamish on-reserve communities were shared at the last quarterly People’s Assembly gathering (i.e., town hall) in October. They were also shared during community engagements with Elders and during Public Safety Task Force focus groups in 2023. In all of these conversations, community members have expressed feelings of a lack of personal safety for themselves and their families in the communities where they live. In developing and executing this program, Squamish Nation will pursue collaboration with North Vancouver RCMP, IFNU, and ICBC, as well as with neighboring municipalities and Indigenous communities, as partnerships are important, particularly when it comes to information sharing, capacity building and data collections (e.g., data collection forms and training manuals, etc.).
Photo source: Unsplash. Photo is shown for illustration purposes only and may not be an accurate representation of the project.
