Police are watching for speeding motorists on several Summerland roads.
Cst. Jacques Lefebvre of the Summerland RCMP detachment said Garnet Valley Road has become a problem area since the road was improved last year.
“We’ve had complaints since they paved it,” he said. “People are zooming past the entrances to homes.”
The rural road has a speed limit of 50 kilometres an hour, but some drivers ignore the limit, he said.
Peach Orchard Road, going downhill from Rosedale Avenue to Lakeshore Drive, is another high-speed area, despite the 50 km/h speed limit in place.
“That’s another area where we see people race by all the time,” Lefebvre said.
The road passes in front of the Summerland RCMP detachment building.
Speeding has also been an ongoing problem on Highway 97 in Trout Creek, Lefebvre said.
The speed limit on the highway through Trout Creek is 70 km/h, but from the intersection with Prairie Valley Road, highway traffic moving south is in a 90 km/h zone, while motorists traveling north from Penticton are in a 100 km/h zone until they reach Trout Creek.
While the slower speed limits are posted and clearly marked, Lefebvre said many drivers continue through the area at 90 or 100 km/h, not slowing down unless they see a police car or are stopped at the traffic light at Highway 97 and Johnson Street.
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