Editor:
Re: Civic politicians continue push for Hwy. 10 median, Nov. 5
Until the road is widened and concrete barricades installed in the median, there is a simple and inexpensive change that can immediately improve traffic safety on the Highway 10 hill.
Both Nordel Way and 72nd Avenue heading into Delta from Highway 91 have 60 km/h speed limits while Kittson Parkway is 50 km/h. The speed limit on Highway 10 between Highway 91 and Scott Road is currently set at 80 km/h. Speed enforcement by Delta police at the bottom of Kittson Parkway keeps drivers to the relatively low limit.
I would suggest the speed limit on the Highway 10 hill be lowered to 60 km/h in both directions between Highway 91 and Scott Road and that speed control by Delta police be done by pulling speeders off the highway to the area under the overpass by the entrance to Watershed Park for ticketing. Not only could this be done safely, the officers could even stay dry during wet weather.
It is interesting to note the speed limit on the curve at Highway 10 between 136th Street and King George Boulevard in Surrey is 70 km/h and this section has large concrete lane dividers in place.
Reducing speeding on the Highway 10 hill would greatly reduce the likelihood of head-on collisions like the one that recently killed two teenagers from Surrey.
Don Pitcairn
