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RCMP will target school zones

With confirmation that public schools will be back in session next week, the RCMP are reminding motorists that school zones will once again be in effect.

Members of the West Kelowna RCMP will be conducting traffic safety and parking blitzes in school zones beginning Monday, Sept. 22. They will be looking to ticket speeders, and watching for distracted drivers and parking violators.

The speed limit through school zones is typically 30 kilometres per hour from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on school days, unless otherwise posted.

Commuters in West Kelowna should also be aware of construction continuing on  Westlake Road, a main route to the new Mar Jok Elementary School in Rose Valley.

Motorists are reminded to use the detour route via McDougall Road until Westlake Road is fully open in October. Pedestrians can use McDougall Road or, if coming from the Caledonia subdivision, can take a pedestrian walkway up through the neighbourhood to access Westlake Road above the construction zone via Sunview Drive. A new pedestrian crossing light has been installed at the intersection of Rosewood Drive and Westlake Road.

Drivers are also reminded that when a school bus turns on its flashing red lights, vehicles in all lanes, in both directions, must stop.



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