Issues remain despite $87 million for realignment and safety work on Sooke Road that began in 2021.
A petition with more than 2,200 names — and growing — requesting action on local traffic woes was presented to Sooke council this week.
Both the municipality and the province have made efforts to deal with road issues in the past “but Sooke’s growth has been so incredible that we really need to do more going forward with our infrastructure,” Snow said. Snow said that short-term measures could include cutting a driveway through district-owned property on Wadams Way behind Western Foods or putting in a 2-6 p.m. no-left-turn lane from Edward Milne Road onto Sooke River Road.
Snow said this week’s council meeting also led to a suggestion that some form of transportation advisory committee be created with a range of local groups, including the T’Souke Nation, the Sooke School District, the Sooke Builders Association and the chamber of commerce.
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