56 communities around the Province, including 4 from the Cariboo Chilcotin have been awarded funding through Vision Zero grants to improve road safety.
In the Chilcotin the Tl’etinqox Government will receive $20,000 for a project to install inverse speed bumps and associated signage in high traffic areas of the community of Anahim Lake.
The money will also be used to host community information sessions about driving under the influence in partnership with the RCMP and offer a free ATV safety course for youth.
$17,500 will be going to Tsideldel First Nation to create a safe walking path for children to get to school in Alexis Creek.
The District of 100 Mile House is in line for $14,000 to improve pedestrian safety at a high-risk intersection where a pedestrian was killed, and the City of Williams Lake $13,500 to install a solar-powered signalized crosswalk within the hospital area.
Vision Zero is a community-based grant program provided by the Province through the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
Additional funding top-ups where provided by the regional health authorities.
The funding was distributed to local governments, non-government organizations and Indigenous communities to help them plan projects that increase the safety outcomes of vulnerable road users, like pedestrians, cyclists, and roadside workers, by improving the safety of roads.
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