Left to right: Kailyn Tyndall (Battlefords Early Years Family Resource Centre), Colleen Sabraw (Battlefords Early Childhood Intervention Program), MLA Jeremy Cockrill, and Shelley Wandler (Battlefords Early Childhood Intervention Program) join Mayor David Gillan and City operations director Stewart Schafer at a flashing lights crosswalk on 110th Street near 8th Avenue. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By Angela Brown

Added safety

City receives provincial funds for flashing lights at crosswalks

Jan 3, 2024 | 5:04 PM

Thanks to some provincial funding, several crosswalks in North Battleford now come equipped with flashing lights.

According to the City, they’ve been added at eight “high-volume traffic locations.”

To use a crosswalk with flashing orange lights, pedestrians need to push the button located on the light standard, which then actives the flashing lights, alerting drivers to stop so pedestrians can cross the road safely. The flashing lights are located at both sides of the crosswalk and feature solar panels.

The city noted the lighted crosswalks are a good way to “enhance community safety.”

Flashing lights have been installed at the following eight crosswalks: Douglas Avenue at MacDonald Drive; Diefenbaker Drive at 17th Avenue (by North Battleford Comprehensive High School); midway on 1500 block of 101 Street (by McKitrick Community School); 13th Avenue and 104th Street (between BGC Battlefords/Notre Dame Catholic School); 11th Avenue and 107th Street (between Battlefords Union Hospital and Wally’s Food Basket); 19th Avenue and mid-block between 92nd and 93rd Streets (in front of Holy Family School); corner of 19th Avenue and 99th Street; and 110th Street mid-block between 7th and 8th Avenues (crosswalk for Battlefords Early Years Family Resource Centre building and the nearby parking lot).

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The project was partly funded by the Government of Saskatchewan’s Provincial Traffic Safety Fund Grant of $37,050. The City of North Battleford contributed materials, equipment, and installation costs totalling $36,289. Battlefords Early Childhood Intervention Program (ECIP) contributed $8,997 to the project after the 8th flashing light and crosswalk was added at the organization’s request to increase program participants’ safety near the Battlefords Early Years Family Resource Centre building. The total cost of the project was $81,952.

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