STAFF REPORT
October 14, 1999
To: Toronto Community Council
From: Andrew Koropeski, Director, Transportation Services District 1
Subject: Oakvale Avenue from Greenwood Avenue to the west end - Speed hump poll results
(East Toronto)
Purpose:
To report on the results of a speed hump poll of residents and to advise that conditions for the installation of speed humps
on Oakvale Avenue from Greenwood Avenue to the west end of Oakvale Avenue have been satisfied.
Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Funds to undertake the necessary work in the amount of $3,000.00 are contained in the Transportation Services Division
1999 Capital Budget.
Recommendation:
That this report be received for information.
Background:
Toronto City Council at its meeting of May 11 and 12, 1999, in adopting Clause No. 57 of Report No. 7 of Toronto
Community Council, approved the alterations of the pavement on the above noted street, subject to the favourable results
of polling of the affected residents, pursuant to the former City of Toronto policy relating to speed hump installation. The
proposed enactment of the draft by-law to give effect to the above was advertised in a daily newspaper on four consecutive
weeks in October 1999 and will be considered by Toronto Community Council at its meeting of November 9, 1999.
Comments:
The former City of Toronto's Speed Hump Policy (adopted by Council at its meeting of August 21, 1997) requires that a
poll of adult residents (18 years of age or older) be conducted on streets being considered for speed hump installations and
that at least 60 percent of the valid responses to the poll endorse the speed hump proposal.
The results of the poll undertaken on Oakvale Avenue from Greenwood Avenue to the west end in August 1999 showed
that 54 percent of the eligible voters responded to the poll and of these 54 (100 percent) supported speed humps and zero
opposed the plan.
As indicated above, the polling criteria for the installation of speed humps, as set out in the Speed Hump Policy, have been
satisfied on the subject section of roadway.
Contact:
David G. Dignard, Acting Senior Traffic Investigator
Telephone: 392-7771, Fax: 392-0816, E-mail: ddignard@toronto.ca
Director
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