哈伯德居民在3号高速公路上引用“危险的关闭电话”，呼吁更安全的街道

哈伯德residents concerned by the frequent “dangerously close calls” between pedestrians and vehicles are advocating for safer streets via a newly formed community group.

Melanie McIvor创建了Hubbards Streetscape项目Facebook组on June 12 with a stated mission of advocating, planning and delivering on a safer community.

在一周之内，该小组的会员资格从一个人增加到600多个。目前有近700名成员，许多会员在步行以访问社区中的许多服务时分享了亲密电话的个人故事。

“We’re talking about the community centre being around four kilometers with a couple loops here and there. You don’t actually have to leave the community to do anything,” McIvor said in an interview on Friday.

“On that main drag we have a post office, a library, the elementary school, the daycare, a doctor’s office, a dentist’s office, the pharmacy, the grocery store, the hardware store, three restaurants, one a coffee shop, and so much more.”

But she said accessing those businesses and services without a car can be downright dangerous.

多年来，日托员工斯蒂芬妮·布洛伊斯（Stephanie Blois）与孩子们一起行走了三次。她无法使用汽车。她每天都沿着3号高速公路散步，将她的两个孩子（年龄在20个月零四岁）推到36英寸宽的双婴儿推车中。

In a written statement, she recalled details of those incidents — all within the last year — where she was hit by passing vehicles. Each time, she and her children were wearing reflective vests; they weren’t physically injured.

The most recent incident occurred just last month near the community library, while heading towards Shatford Memorial School.

布洛伊斯写道：“我们在两条车道之间的道路侧面的泥土/草区走路。”“一辆拾起的卡车风格的车辆撞到了婴儿车的边缘，将其从我的手中伸出，向右向右沿着小路堤进入某人的车道。”

布洛伊斯说，这些事件以及多次接近电话都吓到了她和她的孩子。

“当我们有opportunity for a drive, we always take it for fear the next time we won’t escape without injuries,” she said.

布洛伊斯在周五的一次采访中说，除了她和她的孩子实际受到三次袭击之外，她还有许多其他“非常极端”的近距离电话。

“I want people to be aware of that and get that out there. It’s not just that we want a sidewalk here, it’s a legitimate safety concern,” Blois said.

“I’d like to see at least widened roadways and the ability to have tourists be able to come and to be part of it. To do anything in Hubbards, even something small like a yard sale, you can’t without the abundance of cars and vehicles and people being all over the place.”

作为新的哈伯德街景项目计划的联合主席，麦克沃尔说，人们对居民的“危险接近电话”的数量感到沮丧，继续使用过路车辆。

“What’s going to happen is if you don’t do something, someone’s going to get seriously hurt,” McIvor said.

“The existing infrastructure just doesn’t accommodate what the community really needs.”

Although they have a list of things they hope to accomplish, McIvor said the most pressing need is a sidewalk. Following recommendations in the recent新斯科舍省主要街道倡议报告by the Federation of Nova Scotia Municipalities, her group is asking the province to redesignate the section of street inside Hubbards as a main street with different design standards and regulations.

Matthew Morash, co-chairperson of the streetscape project, said one major barrier is the fact that the province designs Hubbards’ central street by trunk highway standards.

“他们在我们社区的这条50公里/小时的街道中使用相同的设计标准，就像树林中的80 km/h公路。这需要改变。”他在媒体发布中说。

“目前，这条街优先考虑每个人穿越社区的人，以便到其他地方。好吧，住在这里的人呢？”

哈伯德straddles the county line between Halifax and Lunenburg counties. McIvor said they’ve already begun meeting with municipal and provincial officials representing both counties to create a new plan for the community of Hubbards.他们希望该计划包括创建一条主要街道以及使街道更安全的干预措施。

哈利法克斯地区市政当局发言人艾琳·迪卡洛（Erin Dicarlo）在周五的电子邮件声明中说，如市政当局所述综合移动计划, staff continue to work with other orders of government to implement the rural active transportation network, including along provincial roads.

“Currently, the cost of implementing new sidewalks in rural areas is covered by the community,” DiCarlo wrote.

“Staff are working on a report with recommendations to have a more detailed approach to addressing rural active transportation needs, including possible cost-sharing opportunities with other levels of government. The report is expected to be presented to Regional Council later this year.”

戈登·泰特, active living coordinator with the municipality of Chester, also sent an emailed statement about the Hubbards Streetscape Project initiative.

“It’s still very early in this process, and there’s lots of community conversations to be had,” Tate wrote. “The Municipality of Chester is very interested in supporting and working with both the group, and HRM, to find the most feasible solutions possible.”

McIvor said their community is a gem and they want the world to know it, but they need to make it safer to walk.

她说：“我不想说我们是一个迷你切斯特或迷你马洪湾，但我们与那些非常相似。”

“我们拥有这个令人惊叹的帆船俱乐部，显然是海岸俱乐部的大笔吸引力，我们还有其他这些东西吸引人们进入我们的社区，但是我们缺乏支持游客和居民的基础设施。”

The group’s members have already started fundraising in order to secure the services of a design and urban planning firm to create a plan for the community. McIvor said they’ve received overwhelming local support and are hopeful things will move quickly.

麦克沃尔说：“这是关于经济增长，这是关于我们城镇的美化，这是关于支持这些居民的积极生活方式，这是关于将整个县线的社区联系起来。”

“这是关于确保人们，访客和夏季居民可以感到安全和快乐，并保持哈伯德人的那种甜美，甜美的东西。”

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