HAWKESBURY BECOMES COMMUNITY SAFETY ZONE "$56"-*5 4r/&84 GREGG CHAMBERLAIN nouvelles@eap.on.ca
a community safety zone and advising they observe the new posted speed limits. The new bylaw also allows for possible use of traffic cameras at six specific high- traffic entry and exit points for Hawkesbury. 8IFUIFSPSOPUUIFNVOJDJQBMJUZXJMMVTFUSBGàD cameras will depend on a future detailed report to council on the benefits, problems, and costs of automated cameras for use in traffic control. For now the municipality will focus on posting signage to warn motorists about designated community safety zones. &/#3&'r#3*&'4 FONDS DU MANOIR VKH Le conseil municipal du canton de Champlain a approuvé une demande du Vankleek Senior Citizens Manor concer- nant une subvention de fonctionnement promise par la municipalité en 2021 lorsque le groupe à but non lucratif obtenait un soutien financier pour un projet d’agrandissement de grande envergure. La condition pour obtenir la subvention était que le groupe obtienne une subvention de la SCHL pour le projet. Cette subvention a été reçue en octobre 2022. La subvention de fonc- tionnement accordée par la municipalité est de 5 000 dollars par an pour une durée de 20 ans. – Gregg Chamberlain
The Town of Hawkesbury now has offi- cial status as a community safety zone. Last month council approved Bylaw 62- 2024 to designate and regulate community safety zones within the municipality. The new bylaw replaces two past bylaws that dealt with designating certain highway intersections and related entry points to the town as community safety zones. The new bylaw notes that ``most of the town is designated as a community safety zone`` because it includes dense retail and com- mercial building areas with street parking along with residential areas that feature a large anount of pedestrian traffic that includes children and seniors, along with specific neighbourhoods that include seniors retirement homes and the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital. The new bylaw is the result of a recent administration report dealing with the poten- tial impact on traffic safety involving child- ren, with special attention given to school zone areas that might see a large number of students walking to and from school now because of new provincial guidelines concerning student eligibility for school bus transport. The new community safety zone policy will mean more reduced speed limit zones on many municipal streets, including Main Street. The town may also increase the financial penalty for speeding through a
L’ensemble de la ville de Hawkesbury est désormais une zone de sécurité communautaire en vertu d’un nouveau règlement municipal. Le règlement prévoit également des sanctions financières accrues pour toute personne prise en flagrant délit d’excès de vitesse dans une zone scolaire ou une autre zone de sécurité désignée. —photo
designated community safety zone area. Town staff will set up warning signs at the
six main entrances into Hawkesbury, tel- ling motorists that the entire town is now
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