This project will implement traffic calming measures along 5km of Oldfield and southern Old West Saanich Roads. It will lower vehicle speeds, promote safety of vulnerable road users, and encourage through traffic to choose more appropriate routes (two parallel major roads).  

Residents and visiting vulnerable road users (VRUs) often report negative impacts of traffic on the Saanich Roads on their active mode mobility and neighbourhood livability. Residents report feeling unsafe during such activities as traveling to local destinations, walking their dogs or walking to to the mail, pushing a pram, or collecting young children off the school bus. Some residents have ceased walking on the road. Cyclists report vehicles passing too close or driving aggressively, sometimes with bullying behaviour. Equestrians need to use Oldfield and Brookleigh to access the recreational trails in Elk/Beaver Lake Park, and do not feel safe doing so. Drivers doing the limit are sometimes tailgated or passed. Due to higher vehicle speeds, traffic noise is high. Excessive speeding and racing is reported by residents during the day and overnight.

This project will improve the safety and comfort of VRUs by reinforcing newly reduced speed limits and encouraging drivers taking regional trips to choose more appropriate routes.

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