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Wednesday, March 9, 1988

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Higher limit n med

Smoother traffic flow is the day to 90 km/hr from 80 .
reason for a speed limit increase spokesma an. km/hr, between Island View |
on the Pat Bay. Highway, saida The Nienit was increas Road in Central Saanich and

Weiler Avenue in Sidney.

Ministry | of Transportation
spokesman Louise Graham said

higher speed limit ‘‘would result
‘in a smoother flow of traffic

and a reduction | of speed
variances,

thereb
the safety of the high y.”
fic flow patterns,
dent rates, the type of road ‘and
~ layout were. all considered by
engineers before the change was
eeeney th ‘Graham said.
then physically
. section of road in

(the i increase)

. “The on
cern we have: is the int
Mt. Nev (Crossroad) and

studies done by traffic and safe-.
ty engineers indicated that the |

any — problems,”

Lawson said that section. of
the highway is almost freeway
Status anyway. Amity Road is
he nly road that would have

ring the highway on
led basis. . ;
ett will be a good area to.
keep an eye on,’’ Lawson said.
sidney RCMP Staff Sgt.
John Penz has taken a wait-

nge.
“It's too early to say whether
it will increase the accident rate
or not,’’ Penz said.

The section of the. highway
where the speed was increased is -
located in both Central Saanich

and Sidney police jurisdictions.

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