Speed Limit on Dugald Road File ST-1.1 (Vol

Minutes - East Kildonan-Transcona Community Committee - April 22, 2003

REPORTS

Minute No. 158 Speed Limit on Dugald Road File ST-1.1 (Vol. 12)

COMMUNITY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:

The East Kildonan-Transcona Community Committee laid consideration of the matter over to the meeting of the Community Committee to be held on May 20, 2003.

1 Minutes - East Kildonan-Transcona Community Committee - April 22, 2003

DECISION MAKING HISTORY:

Moved by Councillor Wyatt, That consideration of the matter be laid over to the meeting of the Community Committee to be held on May 20, 2003.

Carried

COMMUNITY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:

On January 21, 2003, Community Committee referred the matter to the Administration to report back on the feasibility of reducing the speed limit on Dugald Road eastbound as it approaches Plessis Road.

TO: Ms Inga Skundberg, Clerk FROM: Andrew Chimko, P. Eng. East Kildonan-Transcona Traffic Management Engineer Community Committee 2nd Floor- 100 Main Street

FILE NO. E-12

REF: DOCUMENT11 DATE: 2003 04 11

RE: SPEED LIMIT ON DUGALD ROAD

At the January 21, 2003 meeting, the East Kildonan-Transcona Community Committee requested the Administration to report on the feasibility of decreasing the speed limit on Dugald Road in the area adjacent to the residential frontage west of Plessis Road.

History:

In a letter dated February 21, 2001, addressed to Mr. John B. Barton of Anola, Manitoba, and copied to Honourable Premier Gary Doer and Mr. Kenn Rosin, P.Eng., Manager of Transportation, Honourable Steve Ashton, the then Minister of Transportation and Government Services, advised that in an attempt to enhance traffic safety on P.T.H. #15 (Dugald Road) in proximity to the Red River Floodway Bridge and P.T.H. #100 (the East Perimeter Highway), he has asked his Departmental staff, in conjunction with City oficials, to review the speed limit on Dugald Road in this area, including the area immediately to the west which is contained within the jurisdictional limits of The City of Winnipeg.

In a report to the Standing Policy Committee on Public Works dated July 30, 2001, the Public Works Department sought authority to apply to The Highway Traffic Board of Manitoba, being the legislative body that determines the speed limit on all streets and highways in Manitoba, including in the City of Winnipeg, to:

a) decrease the speed limit on Dugald Road between a point 100 metres east of McFadden Avenue and a point 250 west of the East Perimeter Highway from 90 km/h to 80 km/h. b) increase the speed limit on Dugald Road between Lagimodiere Boulevard and a point 100 metres east of McFadden Avenue from 70 km/h to 80 km/h.

Such a recommendation was premised on the following information:

3 Although the point at which Dugald Road intersects the East Perimeter Highway is within the City limits, the section of Dugald Road east of a point 250 metres west of the east Perimeter Highway is within the administrative jurisdiction of Manitoba Transportation and Government Services. Just prior to the completion and opening of the northeastern leg of the Perimeter Highway in the fall of 1996, Manitoba Transportation and Government Services signalized Dugald Road at the east Perimeter Highway. In conjunction with the signalization of this intersection, a median divider was constructed on Dugald Road at its intersection with the East Perimeter Highway, and a 70 km/h speed limit was established on Dugald Road from a point 250 metres east of the East Perimeter Highway to a point 250 metres west of the East Perimeter Highway.

Dugald Road is a Regional Street, a Full-Time Truck Route, a Bus Route and a Snow Route. It contains a 4 lane divided highway within a rural cross-section between Lagimodiere Boulevard and Plessis Road and a 2 lane highway within a rural cross-section between Plessis Road and the East Perimeter Highway. In a typical 24-hour weekday, Dugald Road carries 22,130 vehicles between Lagimodiere Boulevard and Plessis Road and 10,860 vehicles between Plessis Road and the East Perimeter Highway. There are no sidewalks on Dugald Road. The speed limit on Dugald Road at the time was:

1) 70 km/h between Lagimodiere Boulevard and a point 100 metres east of McFadden Avenue (a distance of 5.40 kilometres); 2) 90 km/h between a point 100 metres east of McFadden Avenue and a point 250 metres west of the East Perimeter Highway (a distance of 2.55 kilometres); 3) 70 km/h between a point 250 metres west of the East Perimeter Highway and a point 250 metres east of the East Perimeter Highway (a distance of 0.50 kilometres and within the jurisdiction of Manitoba Transportation and Government Services); 4) 90 km/h between a point 250 metres east of the East Perimeter Highway and a point 300 metres east of Provincial Road # 207 (a distance of 1.71 kilometres and within the jurisdiction of Manitoba Transportation and Government Services); and 5) 100 km/h east of a point 300 metres east of Provincial Road # 207 (within the jurisdiction of Manitoba Transportation and Government Services).

Speed limits should generally be established on the basis of the 85th percentile speed, being the speed above which 15% of motorists operate their vehicle, provided that the collision rate is within acceptable limits. Such a criterion recognizes that the majority of motorists operate their vehicle in a reasonable and prudent manner with due consideration for conditions encountered, including activity into and out of intersecting public streets and private approaches as well as the presence of children and bicyclists on or near the roadway. It is not desirable to establish a number of different speed limits within short travel distances, particularly if the speed limit increases and decreases, as opposed to progressively increasing or progressively decreasing.

4 Radar speed studies undertaken in 2001 on Dugald Road produced the following results:

- east of Lagimodiere Boulevard 80 km/h - at Bournais Drive/Beghin Avenue 80 km/h - west of Plessis Road 79 km/h - east of Plessis Road 77 km/h - west of Symington Road 77 km/h - at McFadden Avenue 80 km/h - east of Murdoch Road 91 km/h - west of Ravenhurst Street 94 km/h - at Ravenhurst Street 85 km/h - east of Ravenhurst Street 80 km/h - at East Perimeter Highway 82 km/h - west end of Red River Floodway 90 km/h - east end of Red River Floodway 95 km/h - between Red River Floodway and P.R. #207 102 km/h - at P.R. #207 99 km/h

In 2000, the collision rate recorded on Dugald Road between Lagimodiere Boulevard and the East Perimeter Highway was:

- 2.0 collisions per million kilometres of travel between Lagimodiere Boulevard and Plessis Road (by comparison, in 1997, there was an average of 1.8 collisions per million kilometres of vehicular travel reported on all rural 4 lane divided Regional Streets). - 1.0 collisions per million kilometres of vehicular travel between Plessis Road and the East Perimeter Highway (by comparison, in 1997, there was an average of 2.1 collisions per million kilometres of vehicular travel reported on all 2 lane rural Regional Streets).

These data indicated that it is reasonable to establish a uniform speed limit of 80 km/h on Dugald Road between Lagimodiere Boulevard and a point 250 metres west of the East Perimeter Highway.

Manitoba Transportation and Government Services supported the following speed limit changes on the portion of Dugald Road that is within their administrative jurisdiction:

(a) an increase from 70 km/h to 80 km/h between a point 250 metres west of the East Perimeter Highway and a point 250 metres east of the East Perimeter Highway; (b) a decrease from 90 km/h to 80 km/h between a point 250 metres east of the East Perimeter Highway and a point 100 metres east of the east limit of the Red River Floodway Bridge; (c) an increase from 90 km/h to 100 km/h between a point 100 metres east of the east limit of the Red River Floodway Bridge and a point 300 metres east of Provincial Road No. 207.

If the Standing Policy Committee on Public Works were to be agreeable to the recommended speed limit changes on that portion of Dugald Road that is contained within the jurisdictional limits of The City of Winnipeg, it was the intent of Manitoba Transportation and Government Services to jointly, with The City of Winnipeg, apply to The Highway Traffic Board for approval of the speed limit changes as recommended herein.

Implementation of the speed limit changes on Dugald Road as recommended and as proposed by Manitoba Transportation and Government Services would result in a uniform 80 km/h speed limit between Lagimodiere Boulevard and a point 100 metres east of the east limit of the Red River Floodway Bridge, and 100 km/h east thereof.

Disposition of the Recommended Speed Limit Change:

At their meeting on October 2, 2001, the Standing Policy Committee on Public Works considered the Public Works Department report dated July 30, 2001. The Committee authorized the Public Works Department to apply to The Highway Traffic Board to decrease the speed limit on Dugald Road between a point 100 metres east of McFadden Avenue and a point 250 metres west of the East Perimeter Highway from 90 km/h to 80 km/h. The Committee did not concur in the Administration’s recommendation to apply to The Board to increase the speed limit on Dugald Road between Lagimodiere Boulevard and a point 100 metres east of McFadden Avenue from 70 km/h to 80 km/h.

After considering the City’s and Manitoba Transportation and Government Services application on this matter, The Highway Traffic Board authorized the following speed limit changes on Dugald Road:

i) a decrease from 90 km/h to 80 km/h between a point 100 metres east of McFadden Avenue and a point 250 metres west of the East Perimeter Highway; and

ii) an increase from 70 km/h to 80 km/h between a point 250 metres west of the East Perimeter Highway and a point 250 metres east of the East Perimeter Highway.

Summary and Recommendation:

In the 3 year period ending October 31, 2002, of the 27 collisions reported at Dugald Road and Plessis Road, 14 (52%) involved a vehicle traveling east or west; 13 (48%) involved a vehicle traveling north or south. Of the 19, 515 vehicles that approach this intersection in a typical 12 hour weekday, 9,619 (49%) approach from the east or west and 9,896 (51%) approach from the north or south. That is, the proportion of collisions reported at this intersection involving vehicles traveling east or west on Dugald Road, upon which the speed limit is 70 km/h, is not significantly different than the proportion of collisions involving vehicles traveling north or

6 south on Plessis Road, upon which the speed limit is 50 km/h. The average of 9 collisions reported annually is relatively low when compared to many other similar signalized intersections on the City’s street system.

The results of our radar speed study as shown in the July 30, 2001 report showed that the 85th percentile speed (being the speed above which 15% of motorists operate at) on Dugald Road in the area west of Plessis Road was 79 km/h, which is 9 km/h above the posted 70 km/h speed limit. A radar speed study undertaken on February 28, 2003 on Dugald Road in proximity to Plessis Road produced the following results:

- 77 km/h west of Plessis Road (speed limit is 70 km/h). - 77 km/h east of Plessis Road (speed limit is 70 km/h).

The results of our latest radar speed study indicate that it is appropriate to increase the speed limit from 70 km/h to 80 km/h on Dugald Road in the area of Plessis Road.

It is, therefore, recommended that the speed limit on Dugald Road between Lagimodiere Boulevard and a point 100 metres east of McFadden Avenue be increased from 70km/h to 80km/h.

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Andrew Chimko, P.Eng. Traffic Management Engineer

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