A newly assembled Fix Ash Road Now wants to bring a four-way stop sign to an intersection that has been the site of numerous serious collisions.

FARN is aiming to fix the intersection where Dec. 20 when crossing Ash on her way to school.

The group of concerned citizens that make up FARN is separate from the Gordon Head ResidentsB次元官网网址� Association though Rishi Sharma, a director on the GHRA board and co-director on transportation issues, is in both.

GHRA, for their part, had contacted Saanich regarding safety along Ash and its Torquay intersection even before Bui was hit. The community association is in talks with Saanich and Saanich Police about starting a Speed Watch program. But thatB次元官网网址檚 volunteer-led, puts community residents in harmB次元官网网址檚 way and would otherwise be unnecessary with FARNB次元官网网址檚 proposed changes, Sharma said.

Saanich Engineering is also in the midst of upgrading the intersection, adding a series of improvements with flashing beacons at the pedestrian crosswalk, an additional streetlight in the northeast quadrant, temporary speed reader boards at various locations along Ash Road (by Saanich Police), a stop bar on the southbound approach, brush removal in the northwest quadrant, and installation of B次元官网网址渃rosswalk aheadB次元官网网址� warning signs on the Ash Road approaches to the intersection. Not all have been installed yet.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檇 like to see four-way stop signs here at [Ash and Torquay] and a 40 km/h limit along Ash Road from Majestic to Tyndall,B次元官网网址� Sharma said.

FARN also wants speed reader displays similar to the digital happy-face displays that slow traffic along the City of VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Southgate and Bay streets.

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In Victoria when you donB次元官网网址檛 speed they flash you this guy:

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Sharma said FARN is in the process of setting up a petition as they believe there is a latent belief among locals that Ash Road has become a bypass to SaanichB次元官网网址檚 main arteries.

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All three of Sharma, Tearoe and Chambers know people who were involved in motor vehicle accidents on Ash Road in the last two years, including SharmaB次元官网网址檚 parents.