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As families get ready to send their kids back to school, the executive director of the Fleetwood BIA is reminding drivers to slow down and be aware of their surroundings.

As construction for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain along Fraser Highway continues, the side streets along the Fraser Highway corridor in Fleetwood have seen an increase in traffic, Dean Barbour, executive director of the Fleetwood BIA, said.

"Traffic along Fraser Highway has decreased dramatically, and the arterials of 152 Street, 160 Street, 84 Avenue and 88 Avenue have increased drastically, even throughout the course of the summer," Barbour said.

Barbour added that they have been monitoring traffic congestion in the area for the past five seasons.

"We know what the transgressions are

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