Japnam Bharaj has collected 200 signatures from people calling to install a speed camera in front of her Cope Drive school.

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When 10-year-old Japnam Bharaj heard the news of another child being hit by a car in her Stittsville neighbourhood in late July, she was inspired to take action to make the area safer for kids walking to and from school. Article content

“It got me very upset that it was happening, and it shouldn’t happen again,” said Japnam, a Grade 5 student at Shingw àkons Public School. Article content Article content

Scared and empowered, Japnam teamed up with her father to create a petition to install a speed camera on Cope Drive, the high-traffic residential street in front of her school. The road is also home to St. Bernadette Elementary School on th

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