City of Welland updating its Traffic Calming Policy, aimed at speeding and other bad habits
The City of Welland is updating its Traffic Calming policy, it was last changed or adopted in 2007.
This is a guideline for how the city determines its response to resident concerns or complaints about speeding or driver behaviour.
Councillor John Chiocchio is pleased after public consultation with the city. "I'll tell you, I think the signs are working, I can tell especially in Ward 3, the calls haven't been as many as I'm used to having. The lowering of the speed limit on side streets to 40kms has helped, the bollards in the middle of the street, I know they can be a nuisance, but at school zones."
Councillor Graham Speck was pleased, for how it'll handle one of the biggest complaints politicians hear about.
He noted it must be election season as people talk about two things... taxes and speeding. "Forward it, email it, to citizens who have concerns about a certain street, and what classification the street is, and what the speed limit is, and what possibilities exist.... what can council, staff do to try and mitigate an overwhelming problem that we hear about."
There are certain criteria a road must meet before bollards, speed humps, or other speed controls are implemented.
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