Vision Zero grant makes 100 Mile House pedestrians safer

100 Mile House identified the need for speed reduction bumps and warning signs on North Birch Avenue and Evergreen Crescent. These streets are located within an established neighbourhood without sidewalks due to their narrow width.

The streets also lead to the community’s primary sports fields and see high traffic volumes before and after sport events, with vehicles often travelling above the speed limit. This poses a risk to vulnerable road users who have to share the road with vehicles.

In Spring 2022, 100 Mile House received a $20,000 grant for road safety improvements through the Vision Zero in Road Safety Grant Program.

The speed humps and speed warning signs had an immediate impact in reducing vehicle speed and creating a safe corridor, while potentially reducing traffic-related injuries.

“This funding has helped us create calmer, safer residential streets near our soccer fields,” said Mayor of the District of 100 Mile House Maureen Pinkney. “It was the perfect opportunity to act on neighbourhood concerns about speeding traffic and pedestrian safety.”

Vision Zero BC has a goal for zero serious injuries and deaths on B.C. roads. The British Columbia Vision Zero in Road Safety Grant Program provides funding to help groups improve road safety in their communities. In 2022, the program funded 37 infrastructure and other types of road safety improvements to Indigenous governments, local governments and non-governmental organizations (e.g. school districts, Parent Advisory Councils, road safety advocacy groups, etc.), with the goal of reducing injuries to vulnerable road users.

Currently there is another opportunity for project funding and applications are being accepted until Jan. 16, 2023. Funding amounts range from $5,000 to $20,000. More information can be found at the Vision Zero website.  

Interior Health’s Healthy Communities, Healthy Families consists of teams specializing in Healthy Communities, Healthy Eating and Food Security, Tobacco & Vaping, and Infant, Child and Youth Health.

They work with local governments, communities, school districts, and families in the southern B.C. Interior for better health and well-being. Through engagement and advocacy these teams influence equity, public policies, physical and social environments and protect the public.