This summer, city staff will consider more permanent traffic calming tools such as speed tables<\/p>\n
If you regularly drive on Base Line near R.M. Moore Public School, be aware the city has you in its sights to cut down on speeding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ward 1 Coun. Sonny Spina and Ward 5’s Matthew Scott tried unsuccessfully at Monday night’s council meeting to keep flexible traffic bollards off Base Line.<\/p>\n
Their attempt failed by a six-to-four vote, with Couns. Luke Dufour, Spina, Scott and\u00a0Stephan Kinach voting for it, and Couns. Angela Caputo, Corey Gardi, Lisa Vezeau-Allen, Marchy Bruni, Ron Zagordo\u00a0and Mayor Matthew Shoemaker against.<\/p>\n
Councillors were told that planned bollard installations last year didn’t happen, so this year’s list is essentially the same as last year’s.<\/p>\n
Here’s the list of locations approved on Monday<\/p>\n
\n\tShannon Rd. \u2013 Wellington St. East to Capp Ave.
\n\tLake St. \u2013 MacDonald Ave. to McNabb St.
\n\tPine St. \u2013 MacDonald Ave. to McNabb St; Willoughby St. to Northern Ave.
\n\tFourth Line West \u2013 Aronson Dr. to Peoples Rd. with paved shoulder improvements
\n\tBase Line (possibly) near R.M. Moore Public School
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“This summer, staff will focus on developing a plan for the installation of more permanent traffic calming tools such as speed tables,” said\u00a0Maggie McAuley, the city’s manager of design and transportation.<\/p>\n
“Where appropriate, speed tables will be proposed to replace the flexible bollards or other prioritized locations,” McAuley said in a report to Mayor Shoemaker and ward councillors.<\/p>\n
“Public consultation of the locations will be undertaken, and installation will proceed by operations staff or future miscellaneous construction programs.”<\/p>\n
Speed tables are\u00a0midblock traffic calming devices that raise the entire wheelbase of a vehicle to reduce its traffic speed.<\/p>\n
They are longer than speed humps and flat-topped, with a height of up to 3.5\u00a0inches and a length of 22 feet.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the bollards on\u00a0Base Line, a known high-speed area, Coun. Spina said: “We know that these ones, I want to know if they’re on the list. Because we know that they do create a traffic disruption over there, where pedestrians and cyclists are put in direct conflict with motor vehicles, and I don’t want to see that continue this year.”<\/p>\n
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