Staff recommend against speed humps on Rouge River Drive; Community Council decides
Transportation Services assessed a request for traffic calming on Rouge River Drive between Sheppard Avenue intersections and found it did not meet the Traffic Calming Policy warrant criteria, recommending against speed humps. Community Council has delegated authority to make the final decision on this matter.
From the floor
“But should we be looking at a better system? Like there's a community association in this area that's very well organized. They have the time to dive deep into reports. I have neighborhoods in my area. There's no community association, lots of development going on and trying to get them to figure out or even for myself, multiple traffic studies, engineering studies.”A councillor
“The impacts are not projected in the way that may be represented so the engineering is working, which is why the holds were not requested of the Windy Ridge Kingston Road project through the OOLT process and why they were removed prior to council on the Bellamy process. But again, we take these issues with great care and would not make recommendations to council otherwise.”City staff
Also in this item
• Councillor raises systemic concern that well-organized community associations with resources gain advantage in traffic calming decisions, while less-organized neighbourhoods struggle to request or evaluate engineering studies.
The journey
What happens next
Community Council will vote on whether to accept or reject the staff recommendation; deputation may be available at the meeting if not yet closed.
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