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Open house rescheduled: Hwy 14 safety improvements near Saseenos Elementary

Hwy 14 & Idlemore intersection - Info session rescheduled from Jan 29 to a future date

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Highway 14 at Idlemore Road across from Saseenos Elementary School. [Ministry of Transportation and Transit]
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Monday January 27, 2025 | SOOKE, BC [Posted at 9:31 pm]

by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends


PUBLIC INFO SESSION AT SASEENOS ELEMENTARY HAS BEEN POSTPONED (from January 29, 2025 to a future date)


Some Highway 14 improvements are coming at Idlemore Road across from Saseenos Elementary School (a school within the Sooke School District SD62).

A school fronting directly onto a major provincial highway has been a safety challenge for many years. Complaints have been made by parents, local municipal council, and more recently the new MLA.

Some attention has been paid to providing attendants at crosswalks in SD62.

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Highway 14 improvements coming at Idlemore Road across from Saseenos Elementary School. [Google map]

The improvements are expected to “increase safety and ease the flow of traffic for drivers, pedestrians and people cycling or rolling in the area”.

The project will also provide better access to Saseenos Elementary School and support economic development opportunities for T’Sou-ke First Nation.

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Crossing guard in action on Highway 14 out the front of Saseenos Elementary School in Sooke, Feb 3, 2023. [Mary P Brooke / Island Social Trends]

The Ministry of Transportation and Transit acknowledges that the project is located on the traditional territory of the T’Sou-ke First Nation and Scia’new First Nation.

Rescheduling the Jan 29 public info session to another date:

PUBLIC INFO SESSION AT SASEENOS ELEMENTARY HAS BEEN POSTPONED (from January 29, 2025 to a future date) as announced by the Ministry of Transportation and Transit on January 27.

“The ministry is consulting with Saseenos Elementary School and stakeholders to ensure the design details for the improved intersection supports the needs of the community,” the Ministry stated in a news release on January 27.

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Highway 14 at Idlemore Road across from Saseenos Elementary School. [Ministry of Transportation and Transit]

“The aim of the project is to increase safety and ease the flow of traffic for drivers, pedestrians and people cycling or rolling in the area,” the Ministry said.

When the event does happen, the public will be invited to attend the information session about the Highway 14 at Idlemore safety improvement plans.

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Ministry of Transportation and Transit staff will present information and design details for the improved intersection. Staff will provide a design overview and be available to answer questions about the project.

The information session was scheduled for January 29, 2025 in the Saseenos Elementary school gym (6066 Sooke Road, Sooke).

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