- Are you aware that residents in the Dean Park neighbourhood have complained for years about vehicles exceeding the speed limits, particularly on Dean Park Road and East Saanich Road, and that police enforcement has not helped? Yes__x___ No______
2. Are you willing to work with Council, District of North Saanich staff and ‘People for a Pedestrian-Friendly Dean Park’ to come up with solutions to the problem?
Yes___x____ No___________
3. Do you agree that political leaders have a responsibility to help make neighbourhoods pedestrian-friendly? Yes___x__ No_________
4. Would you support the following ideas to calm traffic and increase safety for pedestrians in Dean Park:
a. Sidewalks on Dean Park Road?
Yes__x__ No_____
b. Narrowing of Dean Park Road (narrow roads discourage speeding)
Yes__x___ No_____
c. A sidewalk on the east side of East Saanich Road?
Yes_____x____ No________
d. Speed bumps on some roads
Yes___x____ No_______
e. A crosswalk at the bottom of Dean Park Road to allow people, particularly those catching a bus, to safely cross East Saanich Road?
Yes ___x_____ No_________
5. What other ideas do you have to calm traffic?
Flashers at Sansum and Dean Park Road, with a crosswalk; flashing yellow light at East Saanich and bottom of Barrett/Sandover, with better markings warning of pedestrian crosswalk.
Speed humps on selected routes; a universal speed zone of 30 or 40 kms. throughout Dean Park.
6. How often do you walk or run for leisure, fitness or to commute?
Daily___x_____ A couple times a week________
A couple times a month_____ Rarely________

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