Saint-Laurent kicks off its back-to-school road safety campaign
Saint-Laurent, August 29, 2023 – Some $3.77 million was injected into Saint-Laurent this year to ensure the safety and convenience of travel on the territory, especially in school zones. This injection was announced at an ideal time, as thousands of students head back to school.
Developed jointly with Ville de Montréal, the initiative includes the following work:
- Raising of 4 crossings and 1 intersection
- Installation of 7 curb extensions (bulb-outs)
- Installation of 13 speed bumps
- Work on 4.1 kilometres of sidewalks
- Upgrading of traffic lights at 16 intersections
- Reconfiguration of a 1.5-kilometre section of boulevard Henri-Bourassa
Awareness campaign
In addition to this work, Saint-Laurent is intensifying its awareness campaign for motorists and improving signage on residential streets near schools with signs in the shape of a student holding a placard that reads “Attention à nos enfants!”. This awareness measure has proved effective in the past year.
Like in past years, Saint-Laurent is also conducting a highly dynamic awareness campaign around the schools in collaboration with the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and the English Montreal School Board.
The objective of this campaign is to encourage the adoption of safe behaviour by children during their travels as well as by their parents, motorists, pedestrians and cyclists active in school zones.
Among other things, these partners have created awareness tools including brochures, which are being handed out by the police teams from the SPVM’s poste de quartier 7 in front of approximately 15 schools in Saint-Laurent.
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The members of Saint-Laurent Council posing with the representatives of PDQ 7.
