A new mobile office pilot program for government workers who live in the Westshore will help reduce congestion, get commuters out of gridlock and give people more time with their families.

Students at Savory Elementary on the West Shore are joining kids in 101 schools around B.C. who are benefiting from new accessible playgrounds that encourage active learning and healthy lifestyles.

Work will begin next month to upgrade Highway 1 from Leigh Road to the West Shore Parkway.

Thrifty Foods, a long-time leader in sourcing and promoting B.C. products, is the first grocery chain to prominently feature the Buy BC brand in its stores on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland.

Transit users travelling through the western communities will soon enjoy a faster commute as work begins on a new bus-queue jump lane at Jacklin Road and Highway 14/Sooke Road.

People travelling along Highway 1 between Leigh Road and West Shore Parkway will see immediate short-term safety improvements with the installation of more than a kilometre of centre median “picket” delineators.

Families and single people with low to moderate incomes will benefit from a new 132-unit affordable housing development just completed in Langford.