Here’s a little weekend reading for you. I thought given the intense desire on the part of many councillors for this report, they would have it up on their sites as well (hint hint 🙂 )
Over the course of the last municipal campaign and in fact over the past several years people have asked what we can do to stop speeding and make our streets safer. Million dollar question.
Do we put more police on the streets for enforcement purposes? Are speed bumps the answer? How can we narrow a road like Scott (Expressway as its been called) Blvd to get people to slow down, especially in school zones?
Town staff has returned a report that will be tabled at the Community Services Standing Committee this coming Monday night at Town Hall. I haven’t had the time to review it myself in detail (thats my homework for this weekend!) and I wanted to provide the link for you to download and read the report.
Here is the link to the agendafor Mondays meeting. There will also be a number of quarterly reports for 2010 from a number of departments including the Fire Department, Community Services, and Engineering Services as well. Other consent items include the Nassagaweya Tennis Club lease agreement, Milton Farmers Market agreement, and other staff reports on implementing all way stops at some intersections (Mowatt & Coates – Scott Blvd & Pringle). There will also be some presentations on the towns “Move More Milton” program and the concept design of Milton’s Fire Hall #3.
Here is the link to the traffic calming report from Town of Milton staff.
Residents are invited to speak to the committee by letting the town clerk know before 10AM on Monday and stand as a delegation. That means YOU have homework too!
Feel free to comment here or send me an email to mike@mikecluett.ca with your comments that I can direct to the committee on your behalf if you cant make it Monday. Of course you can also follow along at home by watching the meeting online (sounds nice to say that finally) I’ll put the link off to the right hand side for easy reference.
Getting back to the traffic calming ideas, the easiest solution to making our streets safer for drivers and pedestrians alike is for people to drive with care and abide by the speed limits, avoid illegal passing on streets, and to take more caution when driving. Most drivers do these things, but its the few that cause issues and concerns with Milton residents.
Will all of these solutions be perfect for Milton? Likely not. Each area in question will have to be assessed separately and not just cookie cutter solutions for all. As the report outlines, there are costs involved in each of these measures and will require extensive training of drivers in town to get used to them once/if they are implemented.
So take some time to review the report, submit your questions or concerns to me, or your councillor if you like, and watch the meeting on Monday night starting at 7pm.
I’ll see you at the meeting.
In case you missed the last council meeting, its now available on demand from the Town of Milton website.
Monday February 28th, 2011 Milton Council Meeting
This coming Monday May 9th will be our Community Services Standing Committee meeting at Town Hall. This Committee consists of five Councillors and the Mayor. Committee members review all reports, formulate policy and make recommendations to Council on matters over which Council has authority under the Municipal Act. These matters are related to Community Services, Fire, Library, Transit and other operational programs.
