Like traffic on Highway 14, the #dividedby14 campaign is at a standstill waiting to hear back from government officials.
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He explained that the awareness group reached out to Transportation Minister Claire Trevena, and were told to expect a report this fall.
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Evans said although the government has been busy with forest fires this summer, he hopes that the highway will still be a priority to government.
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He said that #dividedby14 has helped them bring awareness to the issue, but now itB次元官网网址檚 time to get the ministry on top of things.
B次元官网网址淲e know they are working on it, we know theyB次元官网网址檝e been studying it for decades and have been buying land along the corridor for years, but when are they going to do something?B次元官网网址� said Evans.
Earlier... While the 17 Mile is always a great stop it should be made on own terms not bc of HWY 14 challenges.
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The Transportation Ministry it has recently invested $800,000 towards improvements on the Parkland and Gillespie intersections that are currently ongoing, but are expected to be finished at the end of the year.
Some of the improvements included: Refreshing existing signs, adding a commercial truck rollover warning sign, removing vegetation to improve visibility, installing new intersection lighting at key points along the corridor, doubling the width of fog line paint, and replacing B次元官网网址渃ats-eyesB次元官网网址� along the corridor between Gillespie and Parkland.
B次元官网网址淗ighway 14 is a critical link on southern Vancouver Island serving a wide variety of people, including commuters, commercial drivers, tourists and cyclists,B次元官网网址� said the ministry in a statement. B次元官网网址淭he ministry has invested more than $8 million from 2012 to 2017 to improve Highway 14 between Langford and Sooke.B次元官网网址�
These improvements included: highway resurfacing, shoulder widening and adding a roundabout ($6 million contributed by the Province), drainage improvements near Impala Road ($475,000), shoulder widening in the Metchosin/Sooke area ($355,000), Highway 14 enhanced delineation ($200,000), placing a digital overhead sign near Awsworth Road ($250,000), installing a web-cam at Kangaroo Road ($17,000), and applying new higher quality reflective glass bead to the paint lines to improve visibility at night (no cost breakdown as this was considered routine line marking maintenance work).
Evans said Sooke will need a second route at some point, but knows that wonB次元官网网址檛 happen soon, so he hopes that the ministry will start making more small improvements to the road right away, such as adding bus pullovers to improve traffic flow.
B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 very little we can do, but we will continue to petition to the government and reach out to these people. And it is really up to the users of the road to maintain the currency of the hashtag,B次元官网网址� he said.
dawn.gibson@sookenewsmirror.com
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