Speed display signs, crosswalks and other enhancements to pedestrian safety are among the initiatives benefiting communities from the latest round of grants from Saskatchewan’s Provincial Traffic Safety Fund.
Sixty-five projects in 62 Saskatchewan communities were approved for Provincial Traffic Safety Fund Grants. Communities will receive grants ranging from $1,396 to $100,000 for a total of $1,033,132.
The Town of Churchbridge was successful and will be receiving $45,619 towards pedestrian lighting along Rankin Road/Hwy #80. The Town will be communicating with the Department of Highways in the coming months for installation.
The RM of Saltcoats No. 213 will receive $8,248 for grid road 725 digital speed signs.
The Village of Stockholm will receive $22,001 for their project named Crosswalks for Our Children’s Safety.
The funding will help install signage at intersections and school zones and improve pedestrian safety in rural, urban and Indigenous communities across the province.
Provincial Traffic Safety Fund Grants are awarded to communities twice a year, using proceeds from Photo Speed Enforcement.
A total of 557 community traffic safety projects have been funded, totaling more than $7.2 million, since the Provincial Traffic Safety Fund was established in 2019.
Eligible traffic safety initiatives must focus on one of the following priority areas: speeding, impaired driving, distracted driving, occupant protection or intersection safety.
Applications are reviewed by a committee made up of representatives from the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, the Prince Albert Grand Council, the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Highways and SGI.