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Saanich installs new highly reflective road markings at three locations

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The District of Saanich is piloting new high reflective inlaid road markings at three locations in the municipality.

Saanich Engineering Department crew have installed highly retro-reflective and durable road markings at the following locations:

  • McKenzie Avenue – between Long Gun Place and Braefoot Road
  • McKenzie Avenue – between Quadra Street and Saanich Road
  • Wilkinson Road – between Greenlea Drive and West Saanich Road

The district says these inlaid thermoplastic markings provide drivers with high visibility and are extremely durable with a life expectancy of over seven years, while traditional road markers last for about a year on average.

See also: These Vancouver Island roads will have new pavement markings painted this week

To install these new markers, engineers milled a shallow groove into the road surface and used equipment to lay molten thermoplastic into this groove.

The department also added recessed reflectors at all three locations for further visibility.

(Reflectors/District of Saanich)
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Brishti Basu
Former Senior Staff Writer and Content Manager at Victoria Buzz.

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