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NEWS TOWN TO LOWER NEIGHBOURHOOD SPEED LIMITS HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com or Town will begin lowering peunbourteed speed lim- its to 40 km/h over the next several years. The town has adopted a review neigh- bourhoods following a pi- nae project, of Halton limits lowered from. 50 km/h to 40 km/h. The five neighbour- hoods — three in George- fown and two in Acton — in areas around schools and parks where there | is more pedestrian sent have a good un- derstanding of a certain number of neighbour- hoods between now and the end of the year," said Roumen Kotev, traffic co- ordinator for the town. "We'll have a mapped out version of where we should “| think this is a big move forward for us." - Coun. Jane Fogal start this in 2023." Councillor Jane Fx who requested the ai project, said speedin; among the most conimen concerns that residents raise with councillors. "I think this is 2 big move forward for that having some consistency across the whole munici- pality will help the drivers in their expectations of how fast they can go," Fo- gal said. The neighbourhoods studied in the pilot project were the areas aroun Cobblehill Road and Tan- ners Drive in Acton and KEEP YOUR ANT Barber Drive, Belmont Boulevard and Delrex Bou- levard, between Edward Street and Roxway Drive, in Georgetow1 The town collected data on average speed both be- fore and after the imple- mentation of a 40 km/h Though average speeds were reduced, Fo- gal hoped the 40 km/h zones would have had more impact. "I was disappointed that some of those interven- tions didn't reduce speed more than they did," she said. "I was hoping for (a decrease of) 10 km/h an we' ‘re saying it's three (km/ “Maureen Van Ravens, director of transportation, said were ‘m ome areas, there are eeding issues,” she said. erwhen you put signs in at 40 km/h, people respect it, , more on the lo- cal roads." The Sey also allows the town to add additional flexible bollards, if the posted 40 km/h signs are not effective enough in re- ducing speeds. On Delrex, a pres ‘existing 40 ne tnstalied flexible Dollars and saw a reduction of seven km/h in the average speed. Andrews, commis- sioner of transportation and public works, ‘said the bourhoods, they were in neighbourhoods where there was no passing- through traffic. ALL YEAR ROUND ii HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING casatiheatingandair.com Call Today! (905) 460-4023 1H UOWEH = dil OUL | € pilot project "did provide = valuable information for > grams going for forw: all the measures that could 5 work and target the areas 8 that would have the most beneficial impact.” yA =] ee) $4000* *Subject to availability. Terms & Conditions apply.