While the school year may be ending, the City of Nanaimo’s Public Safety Committee is recommending new ways to deal with the current unenforceable school zones.
At the Public Safety Committee meeting on June 12, Barbara Thomas, assistant manager of Transportation for the city, presented a report about current school zone speed signs in the community that don’t comply with the provincial Motor Vehicle Act.
This comes after Nanaimo City Council received a report back on Feb. 26 of this year finding school zones in the city in improper places making them unenforceable.
At the committee meeting, Thomas explained that while in Nanaimo there is a blanket speed limit of 50 km/h, it can be modified through specialized signage to 30 km/h.
At the end of the discussion, the committee made a motion to recommend to the council a standardized 30 km/h zone to be placed near schools. The motion passed unanimously.
