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Home My WebLink AboutOES 23-09 City REPORT TO f - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PICKERIN Report Number: OES 23-09 1 h Date: May 11, 2009 From: Everett Buntsma Director, Operations & Emergency Services Subject: All-Way Stop Controls, Front Street at Commerce Street, - Amendment to By-law 6604/05 - File: A-1440 Recommendation: 1. That Report OES 23-09 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services regarding a proposed amendment to the municipal traffic by-law 6604/05 be received; and 2. That the attached draft by-law be enacted to amend Schedules "6" and 7" to By- law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of traffic on highways or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering. Executive Summary: In response to resident concerns regarding traffic operations at the intersection of Front Street at Commerce Street, staff were asked to review the intersection and identify if All-Way Stop Controls were justified and could be installed to improve area safety. Having completed the review and given the unconventional nature of the current Stop controls and the justification as noted in this report, staff support the request and hereby propose to amend the existing municipal traffic by-law as per the changes attached. Financial Implications: The acquisition and installation of an additional Stop sign, temporary advance warning signs and associated hardware, and pavement markings is estimated to cost approximately $500 and can be accommodated within the Roads current budget account 2320.2409. Sustainability Implications: The concerns as presented to and the recommendations as generated by staff address traffic safety issues within the Corporate Healthy society objectives. Report OES 23-09 May 11, 2009 Subject: All-Way Stop Controls, Front Street at Commerce Street Page 2 1137 Background: In September of 2008, Municipal Property and Engineering staff were asked by the Customer Care Centre to respond to traffic operational concerns from a resident on Commerce Street. Specifically, municipal staff were requested to investigate the current traffic controls at the intersection of Front Street at Commerce Street. The intersection is a "T" type configuration, with Front Street as the typical through road intersecting Commerce Street at its west limit. Contrary to typical convention whereby intersecting roads have to yield or stop to through road traffic prior to entry, Front Street has Stop controls on both the northbound and southbound approach while Commerce Street has the priority with uncontrolled access onto Front Street (see sketch attached). Given the unconventional right-of-way priority at the intersection, staff were advised by the complainant that the current controls were hazardous and contributed to numerous annual near miss collisions at the intersection. As the intersection also generates a large volume of pedestrian traffic due to a pathway on the west side to Progress Frenchman's Bay East Park, the resident requested the conversion of the current Stop Controls on Front Street at Commerce Street to an All-Way Stop. A review of municipal records indicates that while the current Traffic & Parking By-law #6604/05 provides for Stop controls on Commerce Street and identifies Front Street as a Through Road for its full limit (as per standard convention), the intersection currently has Stop controls installed only on both the northbound and southbound approaches on Front Street. While a simple reversal of Stop controls (signs) in the field to reflect the municipal traffic by-law would correct the problem, legislative guidelines recommend a lengthy procedure utilizing All-Way Stop controls to achieve a reversal of right-of-way controls. Consequently, staff support the resident request for All-Way Stop controls at the intersection both in response to concerns and as a means of correcting the current discrepancy within the municipal traffic by-law. Given the localized nature of the concern and affected area, staff conducted a municipal community consultation by directly contacting all residents of Commerce Street and all residents on Front Street within 150 m of the intersection. The discussions with area residents generated full concurrence with the area difficulties and support for the conversion of the current Stop controls to All-Way Stop controls. Staff in recognition of the community concerns and support, recommend that the municipal Traffic By-law 6604/05 be amended to provide for All-Way Stop controls at the intersection of Front Street at Commerce Street (see sketch attached). The corresponding draft By-law amendment is attached. CORP0227-07/01 revised Report OES 23-09 May 11, 2009 Subject: All-Way Stop Controls, Front Street at Commerce Street Page 3 ~3 Attachments: 1. All-Way Stop diagram 2. Draft By-law Amendment PrepLre Approved / Endorsed By: r MI a Pe owski, CET Everetttuntsma Coordin tor, Tr ffic Operations Director, Operations and Emergency Services Ric rd W. (born, P. Eng DW ision Head, Municipal Property & Engineering R.H:mp Attachments Copy: (Acting) Chief Administrative Officer Chief Administrative Officer Manager, By-law Services Superintendent, Municipal Operations Recommended for the consideration of Pickering City Council Thomas J. Qu~ n, RD., CMMt I Chief Administrative Officer CORP0227-07/01 revised ^ TACHMENT# _L__.., TOREPORT# C~ a3-09 139 693 LEGEND EXISTING NO PARKING 691 SIGNS I PROPOSED ADDITIONAL ' 687 r. SIGN t._ °fl"7': rI 12806 1280A 690 1278 _ N 1280 P_ a i ' COMMERCE STREET r h to N 1281 n )I O~ PR f~ENCHMAN"~ EAST PA ? f . of E, OPERATIONS & EMERGENCY Lftr SERVICES DEPARTMENT MUNICIPAL PROPERTY B PROPOSED ALL-WAY STOP CONTROLS ENGINEERING DIVISION b~E N TS. ~.MnR 20, 2009 FRONT STREET AT COMMERCE STREET( r'+ . Pi ACHMENT#__;J,_1._. TO REPORT#12E~ ;LS-Oq "VT 40 THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING BY-LAW NO. /09 Being a By-law to amend By-law 6604/05 providing for the regulating of 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 By-law 6604/05 to establish All-Way Stop controls at the intersection of Front Street at Commerce Street. NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Schedule 6 to By-law 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto by the following: SCHEDULE 6 THROUGH HIGHWAYS - BY-LAW NO 6604/05 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 HIGHWAY LIMITS (FROM/TO) DELETE Front Street Full limit ADD Front Street Annland Street to Commerce Street, Commerce Street to Browning Avenue iclvl Z' '~OREPORT# By-law No. 61 Page 2 2. Schedule 7 to By-law 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto by the following: SCHEDULE 7 STOP SIGNS - BY-LAW NO 6604/05 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 HIGHWAY COMPULSORY STOP FACING TRAFFIC ADD Front Street @ Front Street, northbound & southbound Commerce Street 3. 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 erected. BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this day of 2009. David Ryan, Mayor Debi A. Wilcox, City Clerk CORP0227-07/01 revised