(Montreal) The City of Montreal announced Tuesday that during the year 2023, the surroundings of 50 establishments frequented by children, including schools and daycare centers as well as two parks, will be secured.
A second initiative will be announced later in the year, this time to secure the surroundings of places frequented by seniors.
The City of Montreal specifies that 42 projects have been selected in 13 boroughs. The Safety program around schools (PSAÉ) will ensure that more than 15,000 students will be safer when traveling around their school, according to the mayoress of Montreal, Valérie Plante.
In Tuesday’s announcement, Mayor Plante points out that the City has doubled its budget dedicated to securing travel.
PSAÉ interventions include sidewalk overhangs, speed bumps, raised intersections, mid-block and other raised crosswalks, pedestrian shelters, intersection realignments, signage modifications as well as the addition of speed displays and traffic lights.
The City’s announcement comes about a month after a seven-year-old girl was fatally struck by a vehicle on Parthenais Street, in the Sainte-Marie district. The driver of the vehicle did not stop; he reported to the police a few hours later and was provisionally released pending further criminal proceedings against him.