Alexis Creek RCMP remind the public of the annual Tsilhqot’in Cross Country Wagon and Horse rides to the Williams Lake Stampede Grounds.
Cyclists and Equestrians from all of the Tsilhqot’in communities will take several routes into the Lake City from their home communities June 18 to 27.
RCMP said there may be 200 to 500 people travelling on Highway 20 during those days which may include many vulnerable road users such as people riding horses and bicycles travelling in slow moving columns.
June 27 there will be several sections of Highway 20 controlled by traffic control persons between Williams Lake and the Meldrum Creek Road and that some delays should be expected.
Officers from Alexis Creek and Williams Lake RCMP’s Indigenous Policing Section, BC Highway Patrol, and Williams Lake’s Municipal Traffic Section will be conducting traffic enforcement patrols on Highway 20 to enhance public safety.
Alexis Creek RCMP remind the public the BC Motor Vehicle Act has been amended to include new charges for offences against vulnerable road users.
They include:
Failing to take proper precautions with vulnerable road users $109
Fail to safely pass person $368
Failing to maintain prescribed minimum passing distances $368
A vulnerable road user is defined in BC as a pedestrian, a person on a cycle, motorcycle, animal, animal-driven vehicle, or a designated personal mobility device like an electric kick scooter, electric wheelchair or mobility scooter.
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