Horgan promises steps to improve safety on Sooke Road
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Calling it a highway that has been neglected for a number of years, Premier John Horgan has confirmed his government will announce preliminary steps this week to improve traffic safety on the road between Langford and Sooke.
Horgan, who represents Langford-Juan de Fuca, said it’s just the start of work on the Highway 14 corridor that’s increasingly busy and overdue for upgrades.
“It’s an area that in my opinion — and I’m biased — has been neglected over the past number of years,” he said.
“It’s the fastest growing part of Vancouver Island and, take Surrey out of the equation, it’s among the fastest growing areas in the province, and transportation infrastructure hasn’t kept pace with that.”
Horgan noted the previous Liberal government ordered a review of the corridor.
“That review came to me some months ago and it was inadequate,” he said. “I asked the ministry to go back and look at it again and, of course, since then we’ve had another fatality on the Highway 14 corridor.