Hollywood Crescent residents asked the city to close their street on Halloween
Residents on Hollywood Crescent were worried that a speeding car might hit a child trick or treating on Halloween. So they asked the City of Victoria for permission to close the street for the night.Longtime Hollywood Crescent resident Valerie Sovran said several young families have moved into the area in recent years, and the idea of closing the road on Halloween was put forward after a neighbourhood group sprang up.
In many cases, drivers travelling along Dallas Road fail to slow to the 30 km/h speed limit when they reach the crescent, said Sovran, adding there have been a lot of near-misses for pedestrians.“When I stand in my yard, when I look left, I can’t see what’s coming around the corner from Dallas Road,” she said. “If I look right, I can’t see what’s coming around the corner from the other end of Hollywood Crescent.
“Our road gets closed down every time there’s a bike race or a marathon,” she said. “What we wanted to be able to do was have a Halloween where we could actually activate the community and have a normal trick-or-treating experience.”The neighbourhood plan was for a two- to three-hour closure, Sovran said, noting that traffic could still get through the area by using St. Charles and Ross streets.
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