A Town by-law is being implemented for Marks Street, in the area of SSMS, that prohibits any vehicles from parking, standing, or even stopping within the vicinity of the school crosswalk.
Signage is in place depicting the specified no parking area, however, ( as seen in the picture ) the signs are pointed backwards to oncoming traffic. The specified area runs close to Union Street all the way past the school bus loading exit.
Sgt Bob MacKnight with District 1 RCMP tells Tide News early mornings and mid-afternoons are congested on Marks Street with kids coming and going to school.
He says the intention of the by-law is to open the area up, so that students walking the crosswalk can do so safely.
RCMP and volunteer members of Citizens On Patrol will be educating drivers of the by-law for the next two weeks before non-compliant drivers are issued a ticket.
MacKnight says each ticket will amount to $172.50.
