A total of 85 applications to 80 Saskatchewan communities were approved for Provincial Traffic Safety Fund Grants which SGI says will include Cree language traffic signs, solar powered speed displays and a variety of pedestrian safety projects.  Communities will receive grants ranging from $2,250 to more than $92,600 for a total of $1,342,762.

The funding will help install pedestrian pathways, increase speed limit signage and improve school zone safety in rural, urban and Indigenous communities across the province.   Provincial Traffic Safety Fund grants are awarded to communities twice a year, using proceeds from Photo Speed Enforcement (PSE).

A total of 492 community traffic safety projects have been funded, totaling more than $6 million, since the Provincial Traffic Safety Fund was established in 2019.

A committee made up of representatives from the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, the Prince Albert Grand Council, the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Highways and SGI reviews the applications.

Applications for the next round of grants open up July 1st.