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Clean as a whistle Bruce Burns, from left, Tara Keeping, Caroline Paterson, Ray Andrews, Heather Burkett, Mike Jellinek, Lauren Hafey and in front, Anna Wang and Halen Alexander. The group gathered recently to appreciate the donation of a new sterilization unit from Sidney By the Sea Rotary Club. See page 8 for the story. Carlie Connolly/News staff
Petition for lights on Central saanich road Recent fatal crash on Mt. Newton Cross Road sparks one resident to push for pedestrian safety Carlie Connolly News staff
Following the death of a woman on Mt. Newton Cross Road last week, Central Saanich resident Megan Turpin Ereiser has started a petition titled Lights for Mt. Newton Cross Road. The petition, which had reached
250 signatures in just 24 hours, is calling for better lighting on the road so drivers can see pedestrians before it’s too late. “I am someone who drives that road frequently,” said Ereiser. “I work evenings on the weekends, so four night a week, I’m driving that road at 9 p.m. and there is always a large amount of
pedestrians on Mt. Newton walking up to go get groceries, go to the clinic, they’re walking to the hospital…” She added some people are even waiting at bus stops, which she said has little room for them to stand well off the road. “So it’s quite apparent that there’s lots of pedestrians walking
there, it’s a connecting road ...,” she told the PNR. Having pulled up to the crash minutes after it happened on Feb. 12, she said she knew something like that would occur eventually with the unsafe roads. “It just was really upsetting, really upsetting.” At around 9 p.m. that night, a
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vehicle struck a pedestrian on the road, west of the Pat Bay Highway. Police are investigating the cause of the fatal collision and have noted that the section of road is dark. The conditions at the time of the incident were made worse with the rain at the time. Please see: Resident hoping for 500, page 4
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