8 December 1998

To:Chairman and Members of North York Community Council

From:Roberto Stopnicki

Director, Transportation Services - District 3

Subject:All Way Stop Control: Maniza Road and Plewes Road

School Bus Loading Zone: Plewes Road

North York Spadina

Purpose:To install an all way stop control at the Maniza Road/Plewes Road intersection, prohibit parking on the north side of Plewes Road and to relocate the existing school bus loading zone on Plewes Road, to improve the level of safety for pedestrian and vehicle traffic in the area of the St. Norbert Separate School.

Source of funds:

All costs associated with the installation of an all way stop control, parking prohibitions and relocation of the loading zone are included within the 1998 operating budget.

Recommendations:

1.That Schedules XVIII and XIX of By-Law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to require traffic to stop on all approaches to the Maniza Road/Plewes Road intersection;

2.That Schedule VIII of By-Law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to prohibit parking on the north side of Plewes Road, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, from Maniza Road to a point 30 metres west; and

3.That By-Law No. 32759, of the former City of North York, be amended to relocate the existing school bus loading zone on the south side of Plewes Road, westerly.

Council Reference/Background/History:

Northbound and southbound traffic on Maniza Road is required to stop at Plewes Road. There are school bus loading zones on the west side of Maniza Road and south side of Plewes Road. The loading zone on Plewes Road begins at a point less than nine metres west of Maniza Road.

In addition to the loading zones, parking is permitted for up to a maximum of three hours on the north side of Plewes Road, west of Maniza Road.

Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:

At the request of Ms. Joanne Fi Vito, 78 Gilley Road, and Ms. Gail Rosetti, Principal, St. Norbert Separate School, staff of the Transportation Services Division of the Works and Emergency Services Department reviewed traffic operations in the vicinity of the Plewes Road/Maniza Road intersection.

The results of our investigation concluded the following:

• School buses, when stopped legally within the loading zone on Plewes Road, create an obstruction for eastbound and northbound motorists;

• Vehicles parked on the north side of Plewes Road, within 30 metres of Maniza Road, restrict the flow of westbound traffic on Plewes Road, which in terms affects traffic traveling through the intersection of Maniza and Plewes Roads; and

• The installation of an all way stop control at the Maniza Road/Plewes Road intersection, would significantly improve the level of safety for pedestrian traffic.

Conclusions:

In order to improve safety, this department supports the relocation of the existing School Bus Loading Zone on Plewes Road, the installation of parking restrictions on Plewes Road and the installation of an all way stop control at the Maniza Road/Plewes Road intersection.

Contact Name:

Mr. Allen Pinkerton, Supervisor of Traffic Investigations

395-7463 (telephone)

395-7482 (facsimile)

ajpinker@city.north-york.on.ca (e-mail)

Roberto Stopnicki,

Director, Transportation Services, District - 3

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