ASSINIBOIA-- Since 2019, communities have had an opportunity to apply for traffic safety grants, using funds from photo speed enforcement tickets.
The Town of Assiniboia was recently announced, in a media release, that they had received $44,863.00 from their grant application. The grant is intended for Centre Street safety in Assiniboia, installing an RRFB cross walk system, which involves a push button crosswalk system that puts up a flashing stop sign to improve pedestrian safety in the community.
Steph VanDeSype, Recreation & Community Wellness Manager, says, “We will be using this grant money to improve the traffic flow and pedestrian safety on centre street as part of the Centre Street Revitalization project. This project will be one of the improvements to our downtown core that will occur over the next two years in multiple stages.”
VanDeSype says the town is excited for the much-needed attention to the community’s infrastructure and the positive change it will bring to Assiniboia’s town centre commercial district.
“As recipients of the Traffic Safety Grant in the past, this grant has made it possible for us to add pedestrian safety crossings on Empire Road and has also allowed us to purchase our traffic speed signs you see around our community. Council of the Town of Assiniboia is dedicated to the safety of our residents, we thank the Government of Saskatchewan for supporting this important initiative,” adds VanDeSype.
The media announcement states that many of the approved projects focus on increasing pedestrian safety, with grants ranging from $2,146 to $100,000. With the latest round of grants, more than $10M has been provided for 733 projects through the Provincial Traffic Safety Fund.
