1. Are you aware that residents in the Dean Park neighborhood 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 neighborhoods 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?
All of the ideas presented are excellent ones for traffic calming and to create safer more pedestrian friendly neighborhoods. In order for them to be helpful though we need to implement them. In order to achieve that I would suggest that we have:
1. Neighborhood consultation to ensure the community input and support is
included in early planning
2. Set Clear goals, objectives with budget and timing.
3. Prioritization each initiative by reviewing risk to the public and costs
to implement
4. Budgeting and regular monitoring to ensure implementation occur.
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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