When school starts this fall, drivers in Prince Albert will have four additional school zones to slow down for. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

By Susan McNeil

School zones added

City of P.A. adds four school zones

Aug 8, 2023 | 5:27 PM

Drivers will be asked to slow down in more locations once school starts after a Prince Albert City Council decision to create four more school zones.

Some of the schools, like Queen Mary, have heavy gravel truck traffic going past, explained Mayor Greg Dionne.

“We probably have four or five of our developers and gravel companies that own out there so during this season, there’s heavy gravel trucks. That was an obvious one,” said Dionne.

In addition to the Queen Mary school zone that will be on 15^th Street West, one will be added on 6^th Avenue West going past École St. Anne’s School, another past Princess Margaret School on 4^th Street East and the fourth on River Street East where it passes Riverside School.

This is not the final word when it comes to adding school zones as councillors were discussing École Holy Cross as well and noted that traffic backs up considerably at the intersection of Muzzy Drive and 15 Avenue East.