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Report Number: ENG 26-21 Date: December 6, 2021
From: Richard Holborn
Director, Engineering Services
Subject: Proposed Community Safety Zones
- Fairport Road and Parkside Drive
- File: A-1440
Recommendation:
1. That the attached draft by-law be enacted to amend Schedule “14”, Community Safety
Zones to By-law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of Community Safety Zones on highways or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of The Corporation of the City of Pickering. The amendments specifically provide for the inclusion of a Community Safety Zone on Fairport Road between Glenanna Road and Strouds Lane, and on Parkside
Drive between Aspen Road (east intersection) and New Street; and,
2. That the appropriate officials of the City of Pickering be authorized to take the necessary actions as indicated in this report.
Executive Summary: In response to concerns of ongoing speeding and pedestrian safety, Engineering Services staff reviewed sections of Fairport Road and Parkside Drive for consideration of implementing Community Safety Zones (CSZ).
In a CSZ the fines for offences within the Highway Traffic Act may be doubled at the discretion
of the police officer. Also under the Highway Traffic Act, CSZ’s are eligible locations for
automated speed enforcement.
Based on the review of both Fairport Road and Parkside Drive, including speed data, ongoing speeding concerns from residents, the proximity of schools and parks, and cyclists and pedestrians using these streets, it is recommended that a CSZ be added to the following
locations:
• Fairport Road, between Glenanna Road and Strouds Lane
• Parkside Drive between Aspen Street and New Street
Financial Implications: The supply and installation of all posts and Community Safety Zone signs can be accommodated within the 2021 Roads Current Budget.
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Discussion: In response to concerns of ongoing speeding and pedestrian
safety, Engineering Services staff reviewed sections of Fairport Road and Parkside Drive for
consideration of implementing Community Safety Zones (CSZ). The purpose of a CSZ, is to indicate to the motorist that they are within a zone where public safety is of special concern. The City of Pickering currently has 13 CSZ’s, all but one are adjacent to schools. In a CSZ the fines for offences within the Highway Traffic Act may be doubled at the discretion of the police
officer. Also under the Highway Traffic Act, CSZ’s are eligible locations for automated speed
enforcement.
Engineering Services staff reviewed the request to consider implementing CSZ’s along sections of Fairport Road and Parkside Drive. Based on the review, Engineering Services staff recommends CSZ’s be installed on these streets, with the following justification.
Fairport Road would benefit from a Community Safety Zone based on ongoing speeding concerns and pedestrians crossing over to Bonita Park.
In 2009, in response to speeding concerns by residents, Fairport Road received many remedial measures aimed at reducing the speed of vehicles, namely:
• installation of an all-way stops at the intersections of Fairport Road and Glenanna Road,
and Fairport Road and Bonita Avenue/Voyager Avenue;
• installation of Road Watch pavement markings and boulevard signs from Sheppard Avenue to Finch Avenue;
• installation of two community gateway signs just south of Finch Avenue for southbound motorists and just north of Sheppard Avenue for northbound motorists;
• installation of painted 1.5 metre offset roadway edgelines, which visually narrows the road;
• northbound and southbound playground advance warning signs for Bonita Park; and,
• request for increased police enforcement.
In the fall of 2021, crosswalks were painted at the east and south legs of the all-way stop at the intersection of Fairport Road and Bonita Avenue/Voyager Avenue to better accommodate
pedestrians crossing over to Bonita Park.
The most recent speed study on Fairport Road, from 2018, indicates that the average speed on Fairport Road, between Glenanna Road and Bonita Avenue/Voyager Avenue, is 47 km/h, and the 85th percentile speed is 56 km/h. The 85th percentile speed is the maximum speed at which 85 percent, or bulk or the traffic, is travelling at or below. Fairport Road has a posted
maximum speed limit of 40 km/h. In addition, there are approximately 4,600 vehicles travelling
on this section of Fairport Road on any typical weekday.
Therefore, based on the ongoing speeding concerns, recent speed data, and cyclists and pedestrians crossing over to Bonita Park, it is recommended that a CSZ be added to Fairport Road, between Glenanna Road and Strouds Lane. The proposed CSZ on Fairport Road is
shown graphically in Attachment 1.
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Parkside Drive would benefit from a Community Safety Zone based on increased
pedestrian use from the adjacent school and park.
Engineering Services staff recognizes that there are many pedestrians using Parkside Drive due to both Gandatsetiagon Public School and J. McPherson Park fronting the street. Pedestrians, especially children, walk and cycle to school.
The most recent speed study on Parkside Drive, from 2018, indicates that the average speed on Parkside Drive, between Pebble Court and Millbank Road, is 35 km/h, and the 85th
percentile speed is 45 km/h. Parkside Drive has a posted maximum speed limit of 40 km/h, with approximately 1,000 vehicles on a typical weekday.
The speed of vehicles is not necessarily high during the school peak hours, likely due to the congestion that occurs around the school and park when pedestrian activity is at its highest.
However, motorists have been witnessed travelling at higher rates of speed in the off peak
hours.
In addition, the majority of the parking and stopping restrictions on Parkside Drive are on the west side of street, which is the same side as the school and park. While this is typical at many schools, during the school’s pick-up and drop-off times, pedestrians, parents/guardians and
school children, walk across the street to access their vehicle when the parking lot at both the
school and park are full. The safety of pedestrians is a priority to the City.
Therefore, based on the ongoing speeding concerns in the off peak hours, the proximity of Gandatsetiagon Public School and J. McPherson Park, and the volume of pedestrians and cyclists in the area that cross the street, it is recommended that a CSZ be added to Parkside
Drive, between Aspen Road and New Street. The proposed CSZ on Parkside Drive is shown
graphically in Attachment 2.
The draft by-law amendment to Schedule 14 of By-law 6604/05, for the proposed community safety zone additions can be found in Attachment 3.
Attachments:
1. Proposed Community Safety Zone, Fairport Road between Glenanna Road and Strouds Lane 2. Proposed Community Safety Zone, Parkside Drive between Aspen Road and New Street
3. Draft By-law Amendments to Schedule “14”, Community Safety Zones, to By-law 6604/05
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Prepared By: Approved/Endorsed By:
Original signed by:Original signed by:
Nathan Emery Richard Holborn, P.Eng.
Coordinator, Traffic Operations Director, Engineering Services
Original signed by:
Scott Booker Manager, Capital Projects & Infrastructure
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Recommended for the consideration of Pickering City Council
Original signed by:
Marisa Carpino, M.A.
Chief Administrative Officer
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Attachment # 3 to Report #ENG 26-21
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 14, to By-law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of Community Safety Zones on highways or parts of highways under
the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering. Specifically, this by-law is to
provide for the inclusion of Community Safety Zones on Fairport Road between Glenanna Road and Strouds Lane, and on Parkside Drive between Aspen Road and New Street.
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
1. Schedule 14 to By-law 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto by the following:
Schedule 14
Community Safety Zones
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Highway Limits (From/To) Prohibited Times
or Days
Add
Fairport Road Glenanna Road to Anytime Strouds Lane
Parkside Drive Aspen Road to New Anytime
Street (east intersection)
By-law No. Page 2
By-law passed this 13th day of December 2021.
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David Ryan, Mayor
________________________________ Susan Cassel, City Clerk