Poll for Traffic Calming - Glenhaven Street

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2021-06-22 · Etobicoke York Community Council · adopted

As filed

The Etobicoke York Community Council: 1. Authorized the Director, Transportation Services, to request the City Clerk to poll eligible householders in English or any other language specified by Community Council, on Glenhaven Street, between Strathnairn Avenue and Yore Road, to determine if property owners/occupants support the installation of speed humps, according to the City of Toronto Traffic Calming Policy. 2. Subject to favourable results of the poll: a.

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Authorized the installation of traffic calming (speed humps) on Glenhaven Street, between Strathnairn Avenue and Yore Road b. Directed the City Solicitor to prepare a by-law to alter sections of the roadway on Strathnairn Avenue for traffic calming enhancement, generally as shown on a map to be provided by Transportation Services and circulated to residents during the polling process.

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Glenhaven Street is classified in the City's Road Classification System as a "Local" road. In response to concerns regarding excessive speeding, a traffic study was completed in 2019, and on February 5, 2020, through the adoption of EY13.22, the speed limit on Glenhaven Street, between Strathnairn Avenue and Yore Road, was reduced from 50 km/h to 30 km/h. Despite the reduction in the speed limit on Glenhaven Street, reports of speeding persist, and my office has received a petition from residents of the street requesting the implementation of traffic calming (i.e.

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speed humps). This motion seeks to poll eligible households on Glenhaven Street, between Strathnairn Avenue and Yore Road, for traffic calming and, subject to favourable results, approve their installation.

Staff recommended

Councillor Frances Nunziata recommends that the Etobicoke York Community Council: 1. Authorize the Director, Transportation Services, to request the City Clerk to poll eligible householders in English or any other language specified by Community Council, on Glenhaven Street, between Strathnairn Avenue and Yore Road, to determine if property owners/occupants support the installation of speed humps, according to the City of Toronto Traffic Calming Policy.

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2. Subject to favourable results of the poll: a. Authorize the installation of traffic calming (speed humps) on Glenhaven Street, between Strathnairn Avenue and Yore Road b. Direct the City Solicitor to prepare a by-law to alter sections of the roadway on Strathnairn Avenue for traffic calming enhancement, generally as shown on a map to be provided by Transportation Services and circulated to residents during the polling process.

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