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Everden Road traffic calming; speed humps between Eglinton and Gloucester Grove
A councillor moved to install speed humps on Everden Road to address speeding and cut-through traffic, following a resident petition. The motion was dispatched without debate. If approved, residents who organized for the measures will see installation begin.
The journey
Wed, Jul 8 · Toronto and East York Community Council · adopted
Decision
Motion to approve traffic calming (speed humps) on Everden Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Gloucester Grove, dispatched without discussion.
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Why is this story here?
ContainedA single street receives a bounded physical intervention (speed humps). The decision is reversible if the measures prove ineffective or unwanted, and affects only one block's traffic calming. Hard to reverse once installed, but the scope is genuinely limited to Everden Road.Felt nowResidents of Everden Road and people who use the street (including those cut-through traffic currently uses) experience the change directly in an ordinary week. The effect is immediate once installed: slower traffic on that block. Narrow geographically but unmissable for the people there.
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