Council Report: S 111/2020

Subject: CQ7-2020 40 km/h Residential Speed Limits - City-wide

Reference:

Date to Council: October 21, 2020
Author: Jeff Hagan
Transportation Planning Senior Engineer
519-255-6267 ext 6003
jhagan@citywindsor.ca
Planning & Building Services
Report Date: October 5, 2020
Clerk’s File #: ST2020

To : Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

THAT report S 111/2020, “CQ7 - 2020 40 km/h Residential Speed Limits,” BE RECEIVED for information.

Executive Summary:

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Background:

At the March 2, 2020 meeting of Council, Councillor Kaschak asked the following Council Question:

CQ7-2020

Asks that if Council decides to move forward with reducing the speed limit to 40 km/h on all city residential streets, that administration advise of the timelines and cost to implement this across the city.

This report provides the requested response.

Highway Traffic Act

In urban areas, the normal default speed limit set by the Highway Traffic Act is 50 km/h. In the City of Windsor, this default speed limit applies to all streets except those where a different speed limit has been set out in Traffic By-law 9148 and posted with appropriate speed limit signs.