REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: September 27, 2017 Report No. EPW-17-051
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
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Speed Restrictions on Lockley Road from Admirals Road to Intervale Avenue
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approves the release of $15,504.30 from the Capital Projects Reserve Fund and directs staff to incorporate the installation of speed control measures on Lockley Road from Admirals Road to Intervale Avenue into the 2017 Various Civil Projects contract.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Council Policy E&PW-01 The Township Guide to Traffic Calming
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Well Managed and Maintained Infrastructure - Identify infrastructure repair and proactively plan for replacement needs.
Healthy and Liveable Community - Ensure multi-modal strategies consider and reflect business and residential growth and development.
BACKGROUND:
In the spring of 2016, residents along Lockley Road between Admirals Road and Intervale Avenue began the process to gain speed control measures as per The Township Guide to Traffic Calming (Guide).
The road characteristics are:
* Road classification - residential road
* Speed limit - 30 km per hour
* Parking restriction on both sides of the segment
* Direction of travel is east-west
The street segment has undergone the steps of initial evaluation and detailed evaluation as per the Guide's requirements. A preliminary design has been determined by Engineering which includes a speed hump and raised crosswalk. The next step as per the Guide would have been to introduce the preliminary design to the residents along the street segment, and to undertake the work with funding as a Local Area Service. However, the resident who had initiated the request for traffic calming requested that the Township review the funding options for roads that are considered a cut through road. Staff subsequently prepared a report for Council's con...
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