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PICKERING Report Number: CS 01-12
Date: January 16, 2012
From: Everett Buntsma
Director, Community Services
Subject: Speed Limits on City of Pickering Roads north of Taunton Road
Amendment to By-law 6604/05
- File: A-1440
Recommendation:
1. That Report CS 01-12 of the Director, Community Services regarding a proposed
amendment to the municipal traffic and parking by-law 6604/05 to establish speed
limits on City of Pickering roads north of Taunton Road be received;
2. That the attached draft by-law be enacted to amend Schedule "9" to By-law
6604/05 to provide for the regulation of speed limits on highways or parts of
highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering.
Executive Summary: Engineering Services staff has completed a review of the
speed limits for all roads under the jurisdiction of the City of Pickering, north of Taunton
Road. Staff recommends that all the roads designated with a speed limit of 80 km/h in
the municipal traffic and parking by-law be changed to a speed limit of 50 km/h, with the
exception of Fifth Concession Road east of Brock Road, Audley Road, and Uxbridge-
Pickering Townline Road between Uxbridge Concession 2 and Uxbridge Concession 3
which shall be designated at 60 km/h. Report CS 01-12 replaces Report CS 36-11
which was deferred at the November 14, 2011 Executive Committee meeting in order
for staff to undertake rural community consultation through advertisements and the City
website. The consultation process did not result in any comments being received, and
as such, staffs original recommendations are presented for approval in this report.
Financial Implications: The addition of 60 km/h signs and posts on Fifth Concession
Road, Audley Road and Uxbridge-Pickering Townline Road in the sections proposed,
and the addition of 50 km/h signs and posts on certain roads for clarity and safety can
be accommodated within the Roads current budget.
Sustainability Implications: The concerns as presented and the
recommendations, as generated by staff, address traffic safety issues within the
Corporate Healthy Society objectives.
Report CS 01-12 January 16, 201 5
Speed Limits on City of Pickering Roads north of Taunton Road Page 2
Background: Engineering Services staff recently completed a review of the
speed limits for the City's roads north of Taunton Road. Currently the municipal traffic
and parking by-law (By-law 6604/05, as amended) has designated the majority of the
roads in the rural area of Pickering (north of Taunton Road) at a speed limit of 80 km/h.
1.1 The Highway Traffic Act has changed with respect to statutory speed
limits.
Prior to 2005, Section 128.1 of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) stated that the regulatory
speed limit within a city, town, village, police village or built up area was 50 km/h and 80
km/h on rural routes unless a by-lawed and posted otherwise.
With very little consultation with municipalities, in 2005 the province made changes to
Section 128.1 of the Highway Traffic Act stating the statutory maximum rate of speed
on all roadways within a local municipality is 50 km/h including all rural routes, except
those municipalities which had township status prior to the enactment of the 2001
Municipal Acton January 1, 2003.
The current version of the Highway Traffic Act reads as follows:
128.(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a rate of speed greater than,
(a) 50 kilometres per hour on a highway within a local municipality or within a
built-up area;
(b) despite clause (a), 80 kilometres per hour on a highway, not within a built-up
area, that is within a local municipality that had the status of a township on
December 31, 2002 and, but for the enactment of the Municipal Act, 2001,
would have had the status of a township on January 1, 2003, if the
municipality is prescribed by regulation;
1.2 Municipalities within Durham Region considered a consistent approach in
dealing with the changes to the Highway Traffic Act.
In 2005, the Region of Durham legal department advised that according to the new
legislation the unposted speed limit on any highway in the municipalities of Pickering,
Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa and Clarington is 50 km/h unless a by-law has been passed
changing and posting a different speed limit.
Consequently, it was agreed by the Durham Traffic Advisory Committee that in order to
maintain inter-regional consistency, staff would proceed with reports to their respective
municipal Councils, recommending amendments to their traffic-by-laws, which would
maintain the previously established maximum speed limits on rural routes of 80 km/h.
Report CS 01-12 January 16, 2012
Speed Limits on City of Pickering Roads north of Taunton Road Page 3
The City of Pickering traffic by-law consolidation in 2005 recognized this, and most rural
routes within the City was given maximum speed limits of 80 km/h.
However, in the interest of safety, staff have not installed 80 km/h speed limit signs for
any of these roads. By leaving these roads not posted with a speed limit, the by-law for
80 km/h is not valid and the legal speed is the statutory 50 km/h in accordance with the
Highway Traffic Act. Motorists are required, by law, to travel at or below the speed of 50
km/h on roads without a posted speed limit.
1.3 Staff conducted a review to determine criteria to set speed limits.
The results of the speed limit review has determined that the majority of the roads
indicated as 80 km/h in the by-law should be reduced to a speed limit of 50 km/h based
on the following rationale:
1. The majority of Pickering's roads north of Taunton Road have a loose top, gravel
surface and have low average annual daily traffic volumes in comparison to other
roads in Pickering. For safety reasons, such as possible loss of vehicle control if
travelling at high rates of speed, these gravel roads should not have a speed limit
greater than 50 km/h and have not been posted at 80 km/h for this reason. Most
motorists do recognize that they cannot safely or comfortably travel at high rates
of speed on gravel roads, therefore, the change in the by-law to reflect the (un-
posted) 50 km/h speed limit on these roads is warranted.
2. Many of the hard surface (asphalt or surface treatment) roads are not appropriate
for an 80 km/h or 60 km/h speed limit for the following reasons:
• lane and total travelled surface widths are substandard for higher speeds
• the surface of many of these roads are in poor condition (i.e. potholes, cracks)
• the tree overhang on many of these roads encroach over the travelled portion
of the road creating issues with respect surface and driving conditions (i.e.
visibility, leaves, moisture, ice) ,
• the lack of lighting on many of the roads are not conducive for higher speeds
3. The Municipal Act sets Minimum Maintenance Standards for municipal roadways
(Ontario Regulation 239/02). The Minimum Maintenance Standards utilizes the
posted speed limit and annual average daily traffic volume of a roadway to
determine a road classification. Road patrols/inspections and response times
required for the operations and maintenance of roadways including signs,
luminaries and pavement condition inspections together with snow and ice
removal in the winter, are based on road classification. The 50 km/h speed limit
sets the minimum maintenance standard road classification at an ideal.level for
the majority of these roads and the by-law should be changed to match the (un-
posted) 50 km/h condition.
Report CS 01-12 January 16, 2012
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Speed Limits on City of Pickering Roads north of Taunton Road Page 4
Currently the posted speed limit on the regional maintained section of Seventh
Concession Road from Brock Road to Westney Road is 80 km/h. East of Westney
Road the road condition is not appropriate for an 80 km/h speed limit and thus City staff
has installed temporary 50 km/h signs to inform motorists that they cannot safely travel
at a higher speed on this section of road. Staff will install permanent 50 km/h signs
when the by-law is changed from 80 km/h to 50 km/h. Also, at the request of the City,
the Region has installed a 50 km/h ahead sign on Seventh Concession Road west of
Westney Road for eastbound vehicles to provide advance notice for motorists of the
speed limit change.
1.4 The recommended speed limit on City of Pickering roads north of Taunton
Road is 50 km/h with the following exceptions.
Therefore based on the investigation, Engineering Services staff recommends that the
municipal traffic and parking by-law (By-law 6604/05, as amended) be further amended
to change the speed limit for all City roads north of Taunton Road currently listed at 80
km/h to a speed limit of 50 km/h with the exception of the following roads that would
change to 60 km/h as described below:
1. Fifth Concession Road from Brock Road to 100 metres west of Church Street and
from Westney Road to Sideline 4
Residents that live on side streets off of Fifth Concession Road east of Westney
Road to Sideline 4 have expressed concerns regarding the speed of vehicles
travelling on that portion of roadway and have asked for the speed limit to be
posted. Currently that section of road is by-lawed at 80 km/h and, for traffic safety
reasons, should not be posted as such. The current posted speed limit of Fifth
Concession Road west of Westney Road to 100 metres west of Church Street is
60 km/h. The current by-lawed speed limit on Fifth Concession Road 100 metres
west of Church Street to Brock Road is 80 km/h. The full limit of Fifth Concession
Road is paved and could accommodate a 60 km/h speed limit. Therefore, it is
recommended that the speed limit be changed and posted on Fifth Concession
Road to 60 km/h from Brock Road to 100 metres west of Church Street and from
Westney Road to Sideline 4 so that a uniform speed limit of 60 km/h can be
established on the full limit of Fifth Concession Road.
2. Audley Road, 140 metres south of Highway 7 to the south City limit
The current traffic by-law states that the speed limit on Audley Road is 40 km/h
from Highway 7 to 140 metres south of Highway 7 and 80 km/h 140 metres south
of Highway 7 to the south City limit. The speed limit is also posted at 60 km/h on
Audley Road once you enter the Town of Ajax to the south. Having three different
speed limits within approximately a two kilometre stretch on Audley Road is not
ideal or practical.
Report CS 01-12 January 16, 2012
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Speed Limits on City of Pickering Roads north of Taunton Road Page 5
The pavement condition, road width, surrounding land use and sightlines on
Audley Road 140 metres south of Highway 7 to the south City limit are suitable for
a 60 km/h speed limit. Therefore, it is recommended that the by-lawed speed limit
be changed on Audley Road to from 80 km/h to 60 km/h from the south City limit
to 140 metres south of Highway 7.
3. Uxbridge-Pickering Townline Road from Uxbridge Concession 2 to Uxbridge
Concession 3
Uxbridge-Pickering Townline Road is 60 km/h from York-Durham Townline Road
to Brock Road with the exception between Uxbridge Concession 2 to Uxbridge
Concession 3 which is 50 km/h. Staff has had requests from both the Uxbridge
Township and the Durham Regional Police to change this section of roadway from
50 km/h to 60 km/h so that a uniform speed limit of 60 km/h can be enforced on
the roadway from Uxbridge-Pickering Townline Road to Brock Road.
4. In addition to Uxbridge Pickering Townline Road and Fifth Concession Road,
roadways that are currently by-lawed and posted at 60 km/h include Sideline 16
from Highway 7 to Seventh Concession Road and Sideline 4 from Fifth
Concession Road to Highway 7.
1.5 Report CS 36-11 was deferred to allow for community consultation and
advertising.
At the Executive Committee meeting of November 14, 2011 there was concern raised
that these speed limit changes were being brought forward by staff without consultation
with the rural community and without notice being provided to the general public. The
report was deferred to the Joint Planning and Development and Executive Committee
meeting of December 5, 2011 in order for staff to undertake consultation and advertising
activities. In order to have more time allotted for these activities, staff requested
additional time, and advised that a revised report will be available for the Executive
Committee meeting of January 16, 2012.
Community consultation and advertising activities consisted of the following:
• Placing a notice on the City's website on the News and Announcements page
under Public Notices as of December 7, 2011
• Placing a notice on the Community Page of the Pickering News Advertiser on
December 14, 2011 and December 21, 2011
• Letters sent to the Greenwood Area Ratepayers Association, the Claremont and
District Community Association, and the Whitevale & District Residents'
Association on December-5, 2011 requesting comment by December 23, 2011
The community consultation and advertising activities did not result in any comments
being received by staff as of December 28, 2011, which was the agenda deadline for
the revised report. As such, staffs original recommendations, as re-stated in Report
CS 01-12 have not been amended.
Report CS 01-12 January 16, 2012
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Speed Limits on City of Pickering Roads north of Taunton Road Page 6
The draft by-law amendment to Schedule 9 of by-law 6604/05 is attached.
Attachment
1. Draft By-law Amendment - Schedule 9, Speed Limits
2. Location Map of Proposed Speed Limits
3. Website Notice
4. Community Page Notice
5. Letter to Rural Community Associations
Prepared By: Approved/Endorsed By:
Nathan Emery Evere B sma, NPD, CMM
Coordinator, Traffic Operations Director, Community Services
Darrell Selsky, C.E. CMM III Rich rd W. H Iborn, P. Eng
Supervisor Divi ion Head
Engineering & Capital Works E/r 4ineering Services
Copy: Chief Administrative Officer
Recommended for the consideration
of Pickering ' y Council
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Tony Prevedel, P.Eng.
Chief Administrative Officer
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The Corporation of the City of Pickering
By-law No.
Being a By-law to amend By-law 6604/05
providing for the regulating of traffic and
parking, standing and stopping on highways
or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of
the City of Pickering and on private and
municipal property.
Whereas, By-law 6604/05, as amended, provides for the regulating of traffic and
parking on highways, private property and municipal property within the City of
Pickering; and
Whereas, it is deemed expedient to amend Schedule 9 of By-law 6604/05 to change
the "Speed Limits" zones on Pickering's northern roadways.
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
1. Schedule 9 to By-law 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto
by the following:
Schedule 9
Speed Limits
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Highway Limits Speed
Delete
Audley Road 140 metres south of Hwy 7 to 80 km/h
south City limit
Balsam Road Seventh Concession Road to 80 km/h
350 metres south of Regional
Road 5,
160 metres north of Regional
Road 5 to the north City limit
Country Lane Full limit 80 km/h
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Highway Limits Speed
Eighth Concession Road Full limit 80 km/h
Fifth Concession Road Brock Road to 100 metres west 80 km/h
of Church Street
Fifth Concession Road 100 metres west of Church 60 km/h
Street to Westney Road
Fifth Concession Road Westney Road to Sideline 4 80 km/h
Fourth Concession Road Markham Pickering Townline 80 km/h
Road to Rosebank Road
Kinsale Road 1000 metres north of Highway 7 80 km/h
to Seventh Concession Road
North Road 150 metres north of Whitevale 80 km/h
Road to the north limit of North
Road
Paddock Road Hwy 7 to Seventh Concession 80 km/h
Road
Salem Road Hwy 7 to Seventh Concession 80 km/h
Road
Seventh Concession Full limit 80 km/h
Road
Sideline 2 Full limit 80 km/h
Sideline 4 Hwy 7 to Seventh Concession 80 km/h
Road
Sideline 6 Seventh Concession Road to 80 km/h
Regional Road 5
Sideline 8 Full limit 80 km/h
Sideline 12 Seventh Concession Road to 80 km/h
Uxbridge Pickering Townline
Road
Sideline 14 Full limit 80 km/h
Sideline 16 South limit to Highway 7, 80 km/h
Regional Road 5 to north limit
Sideline 20 Full limit 80 km/h
Sideline 22 Full limit 80 km/h
Sideline 24 Full limit 80 km/h
Sideline 26 Full limit 80 km/h
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Highway Limits Speed
Sideline 28 Full limit 80 km/h
Sideline 30 Full limit 80 km/h
Sideline 32 Full limit 80 km/h
Sideline 34 Full limit excluding the section 80 km/h
from 600 metres south of Hwy 7
to 150 metres north of Hwy 7
Uxbridge Pickering York Durham Regional Road 60 km/h
Townline Road #30 to Uxbridge Concession
Road 2
Westney Road Regional Road 5 to Uxbridge / 60 km/h
Pickering Towline
Westney Road Seventh Concession Road to 80 km/h
Regional Road 5
Whitevale Road 325 metres east of North Road 80 km/h
to Brock Road
Add
Audley Road 140 metres south of Hwy 7 to 60 km/h
south City limit
Fifth Concession Road Full limit 60 km/h
Uxbridge Pickering York Durham Regional Road 60 km/h
Townline Road #30 to Uxbridge Concession
Road 3
2. This By-law shall come into force on the date that it is approved by the Council of
The City of Pickering and when signs to the effect are installed.
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ATTACHMENT# 3__ TOREPORT#C3 1-12- 65
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Report CS 36-11 was presented at the Executive Committee meeting on November 14,
2011 recommending that the speed limits be lowered from 80 km/h, as indicated in By-
law 6604/05, to 50 km/h on all City roads north of Taunton Road to match the existing
(un-posted) 50 km/h statutory speed limit in accordance with the Highway Traffic Act.
Exceptions of the 50 km/h limit will be the following roadways, which would be
designated at 60km/h.
• Fifth Concession Road east of Brock Road
• Audley Road
• Uxbridge-Pickering Townline from Uxbridge Concession Road 2 to Uxbridge
Concession Road 3
The following roads will remain at their current maximum speed limit of 60km/h.
Sideline 16 from Highway 7 to Seventh Concession Road
Salem Road from Fifth Concession Road to Highway 7
• Sideline 4 from Fifth Concession Road to Highway 7
• Uxbridge-Pickering Townline Road from Markham Pickering Townline Road to
Uxbridge Concession Road 2
The 40 km/h maximum speed limit will remain on all local residential roads in the
Hamlets of Greenwood, Brougham, Whitevale and Claremont.
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A map of the proposed changes can be found in the link below.
Proposed Speed Limits, City of Pickering Northern Roads
The Executive Committee deferred the report to the Joint Planning and Development
and Executive Committee meeting of December 5, 2011 in order for staff to undertake
rural community consultation through advertisements and the City website. Based on
the amount of time allocated for consultation, staff will be recommending that the report
and by-law amendments be further deferred to the Executive Committee meeting of
January 16, 2012.
We invite comment from the public with respect to the information above, and ask that
you provide comments by December 23, 2011. If you have any questions regarding this,
please contact:
Darrell Selsky, C.E.T., CMM III Nathan Emery
Supervisor, Engineering & Capital Works Coordinator, Traffic Operations
City of Pickering City of Pickering
Tel: 905.420.4660 Ext 2149 Tel: 905.420.4660 Ext 2054
Fax: 905.420.4650 Fax: 905.420.4650
dselsky@cityofpickering.com nemery@cityofpickering.com
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Report CS 36-11 was presented at the Executive Committee meeting on November 14,
2011 recommending that the speed limits be lowered from 80 km/h, as indicated in By-
law 6604/05, to 50 km/h on all city roads north of Taunton Road to match the existing
(un-posted) 50 km/h statutory speed limit in accordance with the Highway Traffic Act.
Exceptions of the 50 km/h limit will be the following roadways, which would be
designated at 60km/h.
• Fifth Concession Road east of Brock Road
• Audley Road
• Uxbridge-Pickering Townline from Uxbridge Concession Road 2 to Uxbridge
Concession Road 3
The following roads will remain at their current maximum speed limit of 60km/h.
• Sideline 16 from Highway 7 to Seventh Concession Road
• Salem Road from Fifth Concession Road to Highway 7
• Sideline 4 from Fifth Concession Road to Highway 7
• Uxbridge-Pickering Townline Road from Markham Pickering Townline Road to
. Uxbridge Concession Road 2
The 40 km/h maximum speed limit will remain on all local residential roads in the
Hamlets of Greenwood, Brougham, Whitevale and Claremont.
The Executive Committee deferred the report to the Joint Planning and Development
and Executive Committee meeting of December 5,- 2011 in order for staff to undertake
rural community consultation through advertisements and the City website. The report
and by-law amendments have now been deferred to the Executive Committee meeting
of January 16, 2012, in order to provide notice of the proposed changes.
We invite comment from the public with respect to the information above, and ask that
you provide comments by December 23, 2011. If you have any questions regarding this,
please contact:
Darrell Selsky, C.E.T., CMM III Nathan Emery
Supervisor, Engineering & Capital Works Coordinator, Traffic Operations
City of Pickering City of Pickering
Tel: 905.420.4660 Ext 2149 Tel: 905.420.4660 Ext 2054
Fax: 905.420.4650 Fax: 905.420.4650
dselsky@cityofpickering.com nemery@cityofpickering.com
ATTACHMENT4 _;~D_. COREPORT#25 01-I2.
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December 5, 2011
Claremont and District Community Association
(Address)
Pickering, ON (Postal Code)
Subject: Speed Limits, City Roads North of Taunton Road
Community Association Consultation
- File: A-1440
This letter is being provided to you to fulfill the requirements of the City of Pickering's
Executive Committee's decision on November 14, 2011 regarding Report CS 36-11,
which proposed changes to speed limits on City maintained roads north of Taunton
Road. The decision of the Executive Committee was for staff to undertake community
consultation through advertisements and the City website, to notify residents of the
proposed changes to the speed limit by-law and to invite comment.
Engineering Services staff at the City of Pickering recently completed a review of the
speed limits for roadways under the jurisdiction of the City of Pickering, north of Taunton
Road. Currently the municipal traffic and parking by-law (By-law 6604/05, as amended)
has designated the majority of the roads in the rural area of Pickering (north of Taunton
Road) at a speed limit of 80 km/h. This was the statutory speed limit for a majority of
these roads before the Highway Traffic Act changed in 2005.
In the interest of safety however, staff have not installed 80 km/h speed limit signs for
any of these roads. By leaving these roads not posted with a speed limit, the legal
speed is the statutory 50 km/h in accordance with the revised Highway Traffic Act
(50km/h unless posted otherwise).
Based on the review, Engineering Services staff recommended to the Executive
Committee at the regular meeting of November 14, 2011 that the municipal traffic and
parking by-law (By-law 6604/05, as amended) be further amended to change the speed
limit for all roads under the jurisdiction of the City of Pickering north of Taunton Road
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December 5, 2011
Speed Limits, City Roads North of Taunton ReZ-of 2 -
Community Association Consultation Page 2
currently listed at 80 km/h to match the (un-posted) 50 km/h statutory speed limit with
the exception of the following roads which would be designated at 60 km/h:
• Fifth Concession Road east of Brock Road
• Audley Road
• Uxbridge-Pickering Townline Road from Uxbridge Concession Road 2 to Uxbridge
Concession Road 3
The following roads will remain at their current maximum speed limit of 60 km/h.
• Sideline 16 from Highway 7 to Seventh Concession Road
• Salem Road from Fifth Concession Road to Highway 7
• Sideline 4 from Fifth Concession Road to Highway 7
• Uxbridge-Pickering Townline Road from Markham Pickering Townline Road to
Uxbridge Concession Road 2
The new 60 km/h speed limits would be effective when the by-law is passed and signs
to the effect are installed. The 50km/h speed limits would be effective immediately.
In addition, 40 km/h roads will remain on all local residential roads in the Hamlets of
Greenwood, Brougham, Whitevale and Claremont.
A map of the proposed speed limits for Pickering's roads north of Taunton Road is
attached to this letter.
Report CS 36-11 recommending the change was presented to the Executive Committee
on November 14, 2011. The Executive Committee deferred the report to the Joint
Planning and Development and Executive Committee meeting of December 5, 2011 in
order for staff to undertake rural community consultation through advertisements and
the City website.
This letter is being provided to you to fulfill the requirements of the Executive
Committee's decision. Based on the amount of time allocated for consultation, staff will
be recommending that the report and by-law amendments be further deferred to the
Executive Committee meeting of January 16, 2011. We invite comment from your
community association with respect to the information above and ask that you provide
comments by December 23, 2011. If you have any questions regarding this please
contact:
Darrell Selsky, C.E.T., CMM III Nathan Emery
Supervisor, Engineering & Capital Works Coordinator, Traffic Operations
City of Pickering City of Pickering
Tel: 905.420.4660 Ext 2149 Tel: 905.420.4660 Ext 2054
Fax: 905.420.4650 Fax: 905.420.4650
dselsky@cityofpickering.com nemery@cityofpickering.com