The District of 100 Mile House has received a grant to assess municipal signage.
The district has received $6,885 from the Vision Zero grant program to "ensure all municipal signage meets current standards" according to a document listing the funded projects for 2025-26. As part of the assessment, a workshop on sign standards, as well as identifying problem roads, will be held, followed up by a consultant review of every street, who will "prioritize sign and marking upgrades to meet new standards."
Vision Zero is a joint initiative between the B.C. government, as well as regional health authorities, the First Nations Health Authority, as well as the B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BCIPRU). The grants are provided by the province through the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transportation and Transit, with additional funding pop-ups provided by the regional health authorities. Since 2021, 200 projects have been funded across B.C.
According to Joanne Doddridge, the district's director of economic development and planning, the grant will help cover the costs of an ICBC road sign and marking review project.
"ICBC covers 50 per cent and the Vision Zero grant will provide the other 50 per cent," said Doddridge.
The idea for this signage assessment came while working on a different Vision Zero project - namely, the intersection between First Avenue and Birch Street. A traffic engineer who worked on potential safety improvements spotted a problem with the district's signage in that area.
"He advised us that some of the district's signage may not be the correct application and told us about the ICBC program," Doddridge added.
She said that she does not know of any examples of the incorrect signage, as the district needs to wait until they begin the ICBC project to find out. Nor does she know when the workshop will be taking place.
"It is all being arranged through ICBC now. We should find out soon what the schedule for the project will be," Doddridge explained.
