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Residents plead for solution to excessive speeds
FRANCIS RACINE francis.racine@eap.on.ca
UnitedWay Centraide
CORNWALL | A group of residents from the Dunbar Avenue and Walton Street area are pleading with the Cornwall Police De- partment to find a solution when it comes to excessive speeding in the area. In a pe- tition sent to Chief Dan Parkinson and for- mer mayor of Cornwall Bob Kilger, on Sep- tember 3, 2014, 44 residents agreed that “(we) are gravely concerned regarding the volume of traffic at excessive speed that travels our street each and every day of the week. The (excessive) speed is of par- ticular concern to many seniors, retirees and parents of small children living in the above area.” The matter was first introduced to coun- cil on September 8, but was later shelved in order for the city to conduct studies. One of the proposed options was the installa- tion of an all-way stop. However, a report presented to council on January 12 by the City’s transportation engineer, Enrique Figueredo Kamm, flat out recommended that “the installation of an all-way stop sign at the intersection of Walton St. And Dun- bar Avenue not be considered.” According to the report, typical traffic vol- umes on collector streets range between 1000 to 8000 vehicles daily. During the city’s study, it was confirmed that on aver- age, Walton Street welcomes about 1300 vehicles, while Dunbar Avenue welcomes only 700. “These traffic volumes are consid- ered low,” stated the document. Next, the study focused on the number of historic collision occurrences at the inter- section in the past three years. In total, only three collisions were accounted for, which, according to the report, is considered low and thus reflects a very good safety perfor- mance at the said intersection. Speed was also examined. According to Figueredo Kamm, speeds on both Wal- ton Street and Dunbar Avenue are slightly above the 50 km/h, the statutory speed limit. Motorists tend to do on average 55 to
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Francis Racine
A group of citizens from the Dunbar Avenue and Walton Street area have seen their request denied by the city. A report released by the Department of Infrastructure and MunicipalWorks states that the use of all-way stop control as speed control devices, for protection of pedestrians or as means of deterring through traffic in residential areas, is inappropriate . 56 km/h.
hope that additional enforcement of the speed limit could therefore transform the still dangerous area.
Lastly, the report states that an “unjusti- fied all-way stop causes impacts in terms of air pollution, noise and fuel consumption.” Incredibly, for every 1,000 cars that would be forced to come to a complete stop on a daily basis, approximately 24,000 additional liters of gasoline would be consumed each year. Provincial guidelines call it inappropriate The Ontario Traffic Manual also states that the use of all-way stop control as speed control devices, for protection of pedestri- ans or as means of deterring through traffic in residential areas, is inappropriate. These said stop signs would, according to Provincial Guidelines, only create a false sense of security for residents and poten- tially promote disrespect or even disobedi- ence of traffic signs by motorists. The report will be forwarded to the Corn- wall Community Police Services. There’s a
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