JANUARY 28, 2014 Page 1 of 18 11 B.1 - CW ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE For meeting to be held on: Submitted by: For: January 28, 2014 Chris Traini Action County Engineer Subject: SPEED LIMIT REVIEW BACKGROUND County staff review speed limits on County roads from time to time based on changes to the roadside environment due to development, changes in the alignment of the road resulting from reconstruction, observations by staff, or by citizen, police or municipal request. ANALYSIS County staff is recommending the following speed limit adjustments: County Road 27 (Nissouri Road) & County Road 28 (Thorndale Road) - Thorndale: Significant commercial and residential development in Thorndale has resulted in increased traffic volumes, which necessitated the installation of traffic signals at the intersection of Nissouri and Thorndale Roads in 2012. It is recommended that the existing 50 km/hr zone at the west limit of Thorndale be extended past this intersection, and a new 60 km/hr zone be posted north and south of the intersection on Nissouri Road from the access to the industrial area to the new subdivision road intersection north of Thorndale Road. A citizen request to extend or reduce the posted speed limit to the east of Thorndale was reviewed but no changes are recommended at this time. County Road 15 (Carriage Road): A number of requests have been made from Middlesex OPP to reduce the 90 km/hr zone to a new speed limit of 80 km/hr. This would match the posted speed limit on the sections of road north of Longwoods Road and south of Littlewood Drive which are under the jurisdiction of Middlesex Centre. The opinion of the OPP is that this would reduce driver confusion in the area and give a more consistent expectation of travel speed in this area. …../2 JANUARY 28, 2014 Page 2 of 18 11 B.1 - CW ACTION SUBJECT: SPEED LIMIT REVIEW County Road 20 (Hyde Park Road): Concerns were raised that pedestrian traffic crossing Hyde Park Road at the south limit of Ilderton at the intersection of Meadowcreek Drive were crossing in a 70 km/hr posted speed limit zone. Middlesex Centre may be requesting a crosswalk be installed at this location sometime in the future, and until that time a change in the posted speed limit is not recommended. A revised by-law designating prescribed rates of speed on County Roads No. 1 to 81 inclusive has been attached. The changes to the bylaw have been highlighted in the document. RECOMMENDATION That the revised by-law designating prescribed rates of speed on County Roads No. 1 to 81 inclusive be approved forwarded to County Council Attachment Page 3 of 18 THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX BY-LAW #XXXX A By-law Designating Prescribed Rates of Speed on County Roads No. 1 to 81 Inclusive. WHEREAS Subsection (2) and (3) of Section 128 of the Highway Traffic Act (S.O., Chapter H.8), as amended provides that the Council of a municipality and the trustees of a police village may by by-law, for vehicles driven on a highway or portion of JANUARYa highway 28, 2014under its jurisdiction, prescribe a rate of speed11 of B.1 40, -50, CW 60, ACTION 70, 80, 90 or 100 kilometres per hour. AND WHEREAS it is deemed expedient that the speed limit of motor vehicles on certain highways in the Municipality of the County of Middlesex be decreased or increased; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the County of Middlesex enacts as follows: 1. When any highway or portion of highway set out in Schedule ‘A’ appended hereto is marked in compliance with the Regulations in the Highway Traffic Act, the maximum rate of speed thereon shall be the rate of speed prescribed in the Schedule. 2. The penalties provided in Subsections (14) and (15) of Section 128 of the Highway Traffic Act as amended, shall apply to offences against this By-Law. 3. That By-Law #6482 is hereby repealed. 4. This By-Law shall become effective on the day it is finally passed. PASSED in Council this 18th day of February, 2014 ________________________________ Joanne Vanderheyden, Warden ________________________________ Kathleen Bunting, County Clerk Page 4 of 18 SCHEDULE ‘A’ OF BY-LAW #6482 MAX. COUNTY ROAD FROM TO RATE OF NUMBER AND SPEED NAME KM/HR 1 the Middlesex-Lambton a point 100 metres northwest 80 BENT PATH LINE County boundary at Lots 25 & of the centreline of Coltsfoot HAGERTY ROAD 26, Concession XI, Township Drive, Newbury of Euphemia JANUARY1 28, 2014a point 100 metres northwest the northwest11 limit B.1 of - CWCounty ACTION 50 HAGERTY ROAD of the centreline of Coltsfoot Road #14 Drive, Newbury (Concession Drive), Newbury 1 the northwest limit of County a point 440 metres south east 60 HAGERTY ROAD Road #14 of the centreline of County (Concession Drive), Newbury Road #14 (Concession Drive) 1 a point 440 metres south east a point 220 metres northwest 90 HAGERTY ROAD of the centreline of County of the centreline of Victoria Road #14 (Concession Drive) Street in Wardsville 1 a point 220 metres northwest the Middlesex-Elgin County 50 HAGERTY ROAD of the centreline of Victoria boundary at the Thames River Street in Wardsville in Wardsville 2 the boundary between the the East limits of the City of 80 DUNDAS Counties of Middlesex and London STREET Oxford at the centreline of Hunt Road 2 the West limits of the City of a point 320 metres east of the 80 LONGWOODS London centreline of Victoria Street in ROAD Delaware 2 a point 320 metres east of the a point 360 metres east of the 60 LONGWOODS centreline of Victoria Street in centreline of County Road #3 ROAD Delaware (Gideon Drive) in Delaware 2 a point 360 metres east of the a point 185 metres west of the 50 LONGWOODS centreline of County Road #3 centreline of County Road #3 ROAD (Gideon Drive) in Delaware (Gideon Drive) in Delaware 2 a point 185 metres west of the the west limit of the property of 60 LONGWOODS centreline of County Road #3 the Highway 402 corridor ROAD (Gideon Drive) in Delaware 2 the west limit of the property of a point 732 metres east of the 90 LONGWOODS the Highway 402 corridor centreline of County Road #9 ROAD (Melbourne Road) in Melbourne 2 a point 732 metres east of the a point 420 metres east of the 60 LONGWOODS centreline of County Road #9 centreline of County Road #9 ROAD (Melbourne Road) in (Melbourne Road) in Melbourne Melbourne 2 a point 420 metres east of the a point 221 metres west of the 50 LONGWOODS centreline of County Road #9 centreline of Charles Street, ROAD (Melbourne Road) in Melbourne Melbourne Page 5 of 18 2 a point 221 metres west of the a point 915 metres west of the 70 LONGWOODS centreline of Charles Street, centreline of County Road #9 ROAD Melbourne (Melbourne Road) in Melbourne 2 a point 915 metres west of the a point 550 metres east of the 90 LONGWOODS centreline of County Road #9 centreline of Mill Lane in ROAD (Melbourne Road) in Wardsville Melbourne 2 a point 550 metres east of the a point 150 metres east of the 70 LONGWOODS centreline of Mill Lane in centreline of Mill Lane in JANUARYROAD 28, 2014Wardsville Wardsville 11 B.1 - CW ACTION 2 a point 150 metres east of the a point 360 metres west of the 50 LONGWOODS centreline of Mill Lane in centreline of County Road #1 ROAD Wardsville (Hagerty Road) in Wardsville 2 a point 360 metres west of the the boundary between the 80 LONGWOODS centreline of County Road #1 Counties of Middlesex and ROAD (Hagerty Road) in Wardsville Kent at the centreline of County Road #14 (Clachan Road) 3 the north side of County Road a point 30 metres north of 50 GIDEON DRIVE #2 (Longwoods Road), Bridge No. 338 over Dingman Delaware Creek 3 a point 30 metres north of the West limits of the City of 80 GIDEON DRIVE Bridge No. 338 over Dingman London Creek 5 the west side of King=s a point 240 metres east of the 90 MOUNT CARMEL Highway No.4 centreline of Lieury Road. DRIVE (Richmond Street) 5 a point 240 metres east of the a point 280 metres west of the 60 MOUNT CARMEL centreline of Lieury Road at centreline of Lieury Road at DRIVE Mount Carmel Mount Carmel 5 a point 280 metres west of the a point 70 metres east of 90 MOUNT CARMEL centreline of Lieury Road) Corbett Road in Corbett DRIVE 5 a point 70 metres east of the northeast side of County 60 MOUNT CARMEL Corbett Road in Corbett Road #81 (Grand Bend Road) DRIVE in Corbett 5 the northeast side of County the south limit of Mount Carmel 60 CORBETT ROAD Road #81 (Grand Bend Road) Drive in Corbett in Corbett 5 the southwest side of County a point 180 metres west of the 50 GREENWAY Road #81 (Grand Bend Road) centreline of Bullock Road in DRIVE in Greenway Greenway 5 a point 180 metres west of the the Middlesex-Lambton County 90 GREENWAY centreline of Bullock Road in boundary at the Ausable River DRIVE Greenway 6 the northwest limit of County a point 100 metres south of the 90 KERWOOD Road #10 (Calvert Drive) centreline of the C.N. tracks in ROAD Kerwood Page 6 of 18 6 a point 100 metres south of a point 170 metres north of the 50 KERWOOD the centreline of the C.N. centreline of Adelaide St.