Delta received 17 road improvements last year as part of ICBC's Safer Roads Program.
The program works with the Ministry of Transportation and municipalities to assess areas of concern with regards to vehicle and pedestrian accidents. If improvements will reduce accidents, then ICBC contributes funding to get the upgrades completed.
Crosswalk countdown timers accounted for 16 of the local improvements. The visual timers allow pedestrians and motorists to gauge how long they have before an intersection needs to be cleared, said ICBC's Karon Trenaman.
"Those are definitely proven effective devices to help reduce pedestrian and car collisions," said Trenaman.
Ladner received countdown timers in seven locations, Tsawwassen received four and timers were installed at five intersections in Tilbury.
The last improvement project was updating of signal timings along 56th Street in Tsawwassen.
The signal upgrades mean motorists travelling at the speed limit will encounter green lights as they commute along 56th Street at peak travel times .
ICBC predicts this will reduce travel time for motorists, although those on the side streets may have to wait "slightly longer at each intersection before the signal turns green."
ICBC contributed $12,000 to the signal upgrades in Tsawwassen and $42,000 to the installation of the crosswalk timers.
