STAFF REPORT
December 17, 1999
To: Chairman and Members of the Scarborough Community Council
From: Gary H. Welsh, Director, Transportation Services, Works and Emergency
Services, District 4
Subject: Right-Turn Prohibition onto Saunders Road from the new ESSO Station/Tim Horton's driveway, north of
Kingston Road
Scarborough Bluffs
Purpose:
To investigate the need for a right-turn prohibition exiting from the new ESSO Station/Tim Horton's driveway to Saunders
Road.
Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
The $300.00 (approximate) funds associated with the installation of turn prohibition signs is available in the Transportation
Services 2000 budget, Cost Centre No. TP0226.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
(1) the westbound right-turn movement from the ESSO station/Tim Horton's driveway, 30 metres north of Kingston Road
be prohibited from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday to Friday, as identified in Appendix 1 of this report be adopted; and
(2) the appropriate by-law be amended accordingly.
Background:
As a result of a petition signed by 24 of the 29 homes (83 percent) on Saunders Road requesting that right turns be
prohibited from the new ESSO/Tim Horton's driveway onto Saunders Road from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday to Friday,
Transportation Services investigated this location and are reporting the results of our investigations.
Comments:
Saunders Road is a local residential road located immediately east of Scarborough Golf Club Road and north of Kingston
Road. The redeveloped site on the north-east corner of Kingston Road and Saunders Road, which contains a Tim Horton's
and an ESSO gas station, was opened in 1999. This property has driveways intersecting both Kingston Road and Saunders
Road. Right-turns are currently prohibited from Kingston Road to Saunders Road between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., from
Monday to Friday.
During our two-hour study, conducted from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 1999, Transportation Services
staff recorded 45 motorists exiting from the ESSO/Tim Horton's driveway to proceed north on Saunders Road. Twenty-six
vehicles were also observed disobeying the existing turn prohibition at Kingston Road and Saunders Road during this same
time period.
Conclusions:
We are recommending that right turns be prohibited from the ESSO/Tim Horton's driveway, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.,
Monday to Friday to mimic the existing right-turn prohibition at Kingston Road and Saunders Road. This recommended
right-turn prohibition will prevent motorists from cutting through the ESSO/Tim Horton's parking lot to circumvent the
right turn prohibition at Kingston Road and Saunders Road.
Contact:
Bruce D. Clayton
Supervisor, Traffic Engineering, Works and Emergency Services
Tel: 396-7844
Fax: 396-5681
E-Mail: clayton@toronto.ca
Gary H. Welsh
Director
Transportation Services
Works and Emergency Services
District 4
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List of Attachments:
1. Appendix 1
2. Plan (Right Turn Prohibition at the New Esso Station/Tim Horton's Driveway, north of Kingston Road)
Appendix 1
"Prohibited Turns"
Prohibition to be Enacted
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Intersection or Turn Times or
Portion Of Highway Direction Prohibited Days
Saunders Road Westbound Right 7:00 a.m. to
at the driveway 9:00 a.m.
30 metres north of Monday to
Kingston Road Friday
