For the safety of students, motorists and residential pedestrians, the section of the Glace Bay High Access Road that connects to Ling Street is now for "Exit Only" traffic leaving Glace Bay High School. Here’s why: • Police received ongoing complaints of vehicles speeding along Hickman Street and then failing to stop at the Ling Street intersection before continuing through to the Access Road. After numerous enforcement efforts and tickets issued these behaviours continued, posing significant risk to the safety of residential pedestrians and students. • The Access Road is quite narrow and could not properly accommodate 2-way traffic and provide the space necessary for bus traffic make necessary turns. • The Access Road is private property of Glace Bay High School and never intended for the volume of non-school motorists that were using the road as a short-cut to access Reserve Street. • Reserve Street is a main artery with the proper traffic controls in place to handle a larger volume of traffic. • After consultation with the Cape Breton-Victoria School Board and CBRM Public Works, police have made the change to establish proper Entrance and Exit points, and a one-way flow of traffic on this portion of the Access Road, ensuring a safer flow of traffic for students, motorists and pedestrians. “Do Not Enter” signage is posted at the intersection of Ling Street and the Access Road. Motorists traveling to Reserve Street from Ling Street will now need to do so via Hickman Street. Thank you for your cooperation

It's Cape Breton Fiddlers Run weekend; please use caution when driving in Sydney Sunday morning, and remember that traffic will be affected along the race route, between 7 AM and 12:00 NOON. All routes start and finish at the Victoria Park Armouries. Runners will be present on the Esplanade and Kings Road, Lewis Drive across the Sydney River bridge and Westmount Road. The inside, outbound lane along Kings Road will be closed to traffic. All other roadways along the route will remain open to traffic, but motorists should expect delays. Please follow direction of course marshalls, crossing guards and Traffic Safety officers who will be directing traffic at key points along the route. Also, remember there is no parking on site; please arrive early and park as far away from the Start/Finish line as possible to alleviate congestion. Participants and spectators are encouraged to park on George Street and Charlotte Streets. Maps of race routes and all other details of the event are available at www.capebretonfiddlersrun.com.

Chief McIsaac reminds that students in the CBRM return to school this week and the Cape Breton Regional Police are asking motorists to take extra caution and allow extra time for travel, particularly on school days. Police remind motorists to pay special attention to school zone speed limits – 30km/h in areas where the approaching speed limit is 50 km/h and 50 km/h where the approaching speed limit is higher – when children are present (outdoors, within 30 meters of the roadway). Reducing speed provides more time to react to the unexpected, when children may be distracted and forget to watch for traffic. Speed fines double in school zones, starting at $352.50 for a first offence. Police are also reminding citizens to obey posted crosswalk signs and directions of crossing guards, and to watch for children in and around school areas. When crossing streets, police remind students to keep their heads up, pay attention to surrounding vehicles, make eye contact with drivers and wait until vehicles come to a complete stop before crossing the street. Failing to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk is 4 points against the driver’s license and a fine starting at $697.50. Police also ask motorists to pay attention to school bus signals as students are picked up and dropped off. Drivers must stop when a school bus displays its flashing alternating red lights, whether they are driving behind the bus or toward the bus in the opposing lane. This applies on all roadways. The penalty for illegally passing a school bus is 6 points against the driver’s license and a fine starting at $410.00. To ensure the safety of school children, police will be patrolling all school zones in the CBRM and enforcing motor vehicle regulations. Cape Breton Regional Police thank motorists for helping keep CBRM streets safe for the children and youth in our communities.