In some of the areas of Regina you’ll need to watch out for leafy trees obscuring stop signs. The city tends to roughly 160,000 trees, so pruning them is a lengthy job.
“About 75 per cent of those are trees people would see outside of parks. So we try to adhere to an 11 year pruning cycle where we’re out to inspect and do any maintenance required on those trees,” acting parks and outdoor services Sean Raison said.
He said that if people see a problem or damaged tree that needs pruning they can call 306-777-7000.
According to Raison some of the problem trees may be linked to new leaves weighing down branches.
Last year he said only about one per cent of the city’s pruning requests were related to blocked or partially blocked signs.
For trees on private property, the homeowner may receive a citation from a bylaw enforcement officer. This will come with a deadline to prune the problem branches.
If the property owner fails to meet the deadline, the city will prune the branches, and charge the property owner for the work.
Since some stop signs can be hard to see, drivers may miss them. This has police urging extra caution when driving in neighbourhoods with particularly leafy trees, since people may not stop when they’re supposed to.
However, Regina Police Service spokesperson Elizabeth Popowich says officers may use leniency in dealing with drivers that miss these signs.
“When the officer basically approached from that same direction, realized the sign was obscured by tree branches,” she said.
“In a case like that an officer would be able to use his or her discretion, and probably not charge the individual.”
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