Proposed Left Turn Prohibition -

Humber College Boulevard at Beech Forest Drive.

The Etobicoke Community Council recommends:

(1) the adoption of the following report  (April  1,  1998)  from the Commissioner of Works, Etobicoke; and

(2) that Humber Arboretum be requested to improve the directional signage to the Arboretum:

Purpose:

To propose the introduction of a left turn prohibition on Humber College Boulevard at Beech Forest Drive (private road servicing Humber College, North Campus) for northbound traffic.

Funding Sources:

The funds associated with the installation of the regulatory signage are contained in the Transportation Department's Operating Budget.

Recommendations:

It is recommended that:

(1) a left turn prohibition be introduced on Humber College Boulevard Drive at Beech Forest Drive (private road servicing Humber College, North Campus) for northbound traffic; and

(2) the attached by-law (Attachment No. 1) receive Council approval.

Background:

At the request of Humber College, Transportation Consultants, Read, Voorches & Associates prepared a report on the traffic conditions at the intersection of Humber College Boulevard and Beech Forest Drive. Beech Forest Drive is the most north-westerly private driveway to the campus of Humber College, south of Humberline Drive.

The consultant's report recommended that the concrete centre median on Humber College Boulevard be modified to permit left turn movements outbound from Beech Forest Drive onto Humber College Boulevard. This intersection reconfiguration would provide access to northbound Humber College Boulevard, thereby reducing the number of U-turns that occur south/east of this intersection.

Staff of the Transportation and Engineering Planning Division concurred with the results and recommendations presented in the report and the modifications to the channelization median were completed at the end of the 1997 construction season. The cost of this project was assumed by Humber College.

Comments:

Although the design of the break in the median discourages motorists from making a left turn into the driveway from Humber College Boulevard, a left turn prohibition will legislatively preclude any such traffic movement at this intersection.

Conclusions:

A left turn prohibition on Humber College Boulevard at Beech Forest Drive will effectively manage traffic flow at this location.

Contact Name:

Mark Hargot, Traffic Co-Ordinator - Transportation and Engineering Planning Division.

(416) 394-8453; Fax 394-8942.

(Copy of Attachment No. 1, referred to in the foregoing report, was forwarded to all Members of Council with the agenda of the Etobicoke Community Council Meeting of April 1, 1998, and copy thereof is on file in the office of the City Clerk.)