Lewvan-Dewdney intersection gets green light for safety improvements - BERITAJA

A peculiar junction successful West Regina has immoderate traffic information improvements en way aft years of being deemed the about accident-prone intersection successful the city.

The intersection of Dewdney Avenue and Lewvan Drive has an mean of 38 collisions per year, measured complete 3 years. Since 2010, location person been astatine slightest 600 reported collisions.

The City of Regina worked intimately pinch SGI to cod and way information connected information wrong the intersection. With the highest level of postulation successful the city, the City of Regina put retired a Request for Proposal (RFP) to amended the intersection.

“We began the readying process many, galore years agone for this project. We’ve designed the task to adhd protected dual-left move lanes,” says Chris Warren, City of Regina head of roadways and transportation.

Warren says enhancing information wrong the intersection will besides see accrued lighting for pedestrians, arsenic good arsenic upgrades to signals and accessibility. The activity is expected to return a twelvemonth to complete.

While infrastructure improvements will summation safety, drivers besides play a role. City officials punctual motorists to debar distracted driving, to salary attraction to pedestrians and different vehicles while driving, and to enactment vigilant to debar collisions.

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