Students and staff are concerned about drivers speeding through a school zone in the Tsartlip First Nation just north of Brentwood Bay, B.C., despite years of complaints.
School members say they regularly see drivers reach 30, 40 or even 50 km/h above the speed limit on West Saanich Road just outside the property, which contains several different schools.
"We have an elementary school, we have our high school and we have our adult centre," said Hayley Atkins, a teacher at WSANEC Leadership Secondary School ."So that’s a very high population of kids and learners using this school zone," said Atkins."I’ve started reporting the company trucks because that’s what I can do on my end, and taking down their licence plates," said Brittany Crossley, an educational assistant at WLSS.
Staff at the school say they want to see more traffic enforcement near the school, as well as crossing guards and bright murals on the road to mark where the school zone is. "I would personally like heavier fines for school zone speeding. I think that would help," said Crossley. The B.C. government did confirm that the street is provincial jurisdiction, but did not provide any details on if it is planning to improve safety in the area.
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