This speed radar sign has been at the corner of Railway Street and Government Road in Davidson for a few months. Council decided to purchase it with the intention of encouraging motorists to slow from 80 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour as they approach the residential area.
DAVIDSON—Now that the speed radar sign has been functioning for a few months, town council wants to look at the data it collects.
At Davidson town council’s Oct. 16 meeting, Coun. Jessica Foster asked who has the data and if council could view it.
The speed radar sign was installed at the corner of Railway Street and Government Road in August. Council had decided to buy and install it to discourage motorists from speeding through town. The Government Road and Railway Street location was targeted due to the significant reduction in the speed limit, from 80 kilometres per hour (km/h) on the old Highway 11 down to 40 km/h on Government Road and Railway Street.
The sign collects all sorts of traffic data including traffic counts, minimum and maximum speeds and percentage of speed violations.
Rita Mary Anderson was born to Jacob and Frances Brkich and was raised on a farm with her 8 siblings near Bladworth, Saskatchewan. She later became a nurse and completed her master’s degree in nursing at McGill in Montreal. She met and married her husband in Toronto and moved to Germany, where they lived for 3 years. Upon returning to Canada, they spent some time in Halifax, where their daughter was born. The family moved to Victoria in 1980 and that is where she spent the rest of her years, although she was always a prairie girl at heart. She was an active member of the Catholic Church throughout her life. She will be dearly missed by her husband Terry, daughter Stephanie, son-in-law Patrick, granddaughter Thea, and her 3 surviving sisters Beth, Theresa, and Vera.
The funeral mass was held at St. Patrick’s Church in Victoria on Nov 3, 2018. Prayers will be on Nov 10, 2018 at 1:00pm at St. Andrew’s Church in Kenaston, with the burial and reception following.
