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Motion with Notice: Transportation Improvements on Highway 1 and Highway 14 Corridors (Director Isitt)
Recommendation
That the Board:
1. Urges the Provincial Government to implement measures to address congestion, safety and emergency closure concerns along the Highway 1 and Highway 14 corridors, including but not limited to:
(a) Establishment of public transit-only shoulder lanes on Highway 1 from Uptown to the
Six Mile Pub;
(b) Speed-interval cameras on the Highway 1 corridor between Langford and Mill Bay and the Highway 14 corridor between Langford and Sooke;
(c) Construction of medians on, and twinning of, the Highway 1 corridor between Langford and Mill Bay wherever feasible;
(d) Establishment of more frequent, less costly public transit service over the Malahat;
(e) Restoration of rail operations on the E & N Corridor, including commuter rail service;
(f) Consideration of improved / restored ferry service across Saanich Inlet (Brentwood
Bay-Mill Bay) and Esquimalt Harbour (Royal Bay-Dockyard).
2. Requests that the Chair write, on behalf of the Board, to the Premier of British Columbia, copying the Ministers responsible for Transportation as well as Members of the Legislative Assembly representing constituencies on Vancouver Island, advising the Provincial government of this position.
3. Requests that the Chair meet with the Premier and the Minister of Transportation to discuss opportunities for collaboration to address these transportation improvements.
(NWA)