The resident believes there is excessive parking on the street at Quarry Apartments. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

council meeting

La Ronge resident worried about excessive speeds, parking along Studer Street

Jun 15, 2023 | 2:06 PM

La Ronge council addressed a letter at a regular meeting on Tuesday from a resident who is concerned for the safety of children in her neighbourhood.

Taylor Boussahmine, a resident of Studer Street, wrote to council stating the local roadway has become a major raceway for vehicles. She noted very few motorists are following the speed limit on that street.

“My primary concern are for the section of Studer Street between Bedford Drive and Riese Drive,” Boussahmine wrote. “Cars often zip by at crazy speeds and, at this rate, someone is going to get hurt. I have already requested that the RCMP do some speed control on Studer Street, so we will have to see if that happens.”

She also mentioned Studer Street by the Quarry Apartments has excessive vehicles parking along the road sides. The crosswalk is often blocked by vehicles and many children are running between the parked cars to access the playground across from the apartments.

“What I am requesting is that council installs speed bumps in the area and signage that will be noticeable in both directions on Studer Street,” she wrote. “Additionally, I ask that the areas of concern be addressed as per your bylaws.”

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Deputy Chief Administrative Office Jeff Long told council there were a number of actions that can be done to address the situation. He said some ideas include more speed bumps, repairing the radar sign at Quarry Apartments and reaching out to the RCMP on the issue.

Long also mentioned both road sides at Quarry Apartments is supposed to be a no parking zone, but there are no signs or yellow paint notifying motorists of the restriction.

Coun. Ryan Veteri stated he’s not in favour of speed bumps as he doesn’t want to see them all over in the community.

“Majority of the time when I notice the speeding is usually earlier in the morning and a lot of the time on weekends,” he said. “Lawton is pretty bad. People come around that corner. For some reason, they don’t go through the Quarry Park area, they turn down Lawton and then rip down there. I think more of an RCMP presence is probably needed then.”

Deputy-Mayor Abby Besharah, who also worked for the town in the past as a community planner, stated there are other ways to slow down traffic. She said some of those ways were to paint the road or create temporary bump outs to narrow the street.

“The easiest, quickest win, paint the street, make it visually exciting, people will slow down naturally because they will see something on the street,” she said. “Pink polka dots, it doesn’t matter. Big bright colourful polka dots, rainbow, whatever. That is a proven traffic calming measure.”

Coun. Jordan McPhail said another solution for the excessive street parking would be to allow Quarry Apartment residents to park their vehicles in the Morley Wilson Park parking lot across the street.

Ultimately, council directed administration to check with the RCMP if there is anything they can do about enforcement, and to look into the ideas council came up with at the meeting and to report back.

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