Risk factors are everywhere in our day-to-day lives. Some risks are manageable, some are questionable… and some just simply aren’t worth the risk. To mark National Road Safety Week, May 18 – 24, the Canada Safety Council and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police want to draw your attention to four specific risks behind the wheel that are deadly, devastating and
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Brattleboro
Traffic Safety Committee: 8 a.m. via Zoom at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/155580453.
Windham Southeast School District Communications Council: 10 a.m. via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/99349766693?pwd=MDh3VG9wb2NlNzFlazRoUHpCQlQxUT09 (Meeting ID: 993 4976 6693; Passcode: dz8wm0).
Halifax
Portsmouth Councilors Could Double Parking Ticket Fines
Parking ticket fines could more than double under a proposal coming before Portsmouth city councilors Monday night.
Tickets for an expired parking meter in Portsmouth currently cost $15. The proposed change now under consideration would raise the fee to $35 for each offense.
Councilor Peter Whelan, who chairs the city’s Parking and Traffic Safety Committee, said downtown parking utilization is approaching 100 percent. The proposed fee change is intended to promote turnover among limited on-street parking close to shops and restaurants.
Further, he said, many motorists are willing to pay parking tickets because after four hours the ticket actually costs less than feeding the meter.