The garbage bag adornments on the new signposts installed approaching Gibsons' most iconic intersection, will come off Feb. 10 and folks better be ready to slow down (if they haven't already).
As a safety measure, speed limits approaching 5 Corners will lower to 30 km/hr as of Feb. 10.
The reduction from 50 km/hr applies the length of Marine Drive within town boundaries and the length of School Road, as well as Gibsons Way from Killarney Lane to the intersection, and Gower Point Road, from Winn Road to the intersection.
The move may precede a wider reduction in speed limits. Reducing the speed limit town-wide, is to be assessed in the upcoming transportation master plan.
Between 2018 and 2022, 15 crashes occurred at the town's busiest pedestrian centre (5 Corners) and just three of those resulted in injury, according to ICBC data.
“While the geometry of the intersection is complex and the perception may be that the intersection is unsafe, evidence indicates that there is a low rate of traffic incidents at 5 Corners,” said a Gibsons staff report late last year, but the recommendation was to proceed with speed reductions nonetheless.
