40 KM/H Speed Zone - Silas Hill Drive -
Seneca Heights
The North York Community Council recommends the adoption of the
following report (January 4, 2000) from the Director, Transportation
Services, District 3, Works and Emergency Services:
Purpose:
To introduce a 40 km/h speed limit on Silas Hill Drive.
Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
All costs associated with the installation of the reduced speed zone are
included within the Division's operating budget.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that By-law No. 31878, of the former City of North York, be
amended to reduce the speed limit on Silas Hill Drive, from Van Horne Avenue
to Seneca Hill Drive, to 40 km/h.
Background:
The Transportation Services Division of the Works and Emergency
Services Department has reviewed a request from a resident of Silas Hill
Drive, to improve safety for children on Silas Hill Drive.
Currently the speed limit on Silas Hill Drive is 50 km/h. The roadway is
comprised of single family residential dwellings. A walkway exists on
the east side of Silas Hill Drive, providing access to Crestview Public
School, which has frontage onto Seneca Hill Drive. Curve warning signs
are in place along Silas Hill Drive.
Comments:
The policy for the former City of North York, indicates that reduced
speed zones are to be installed on roadways that either front or flank
primary schools, or where a principal pedestrian access to a primary or
junior high school is via parkland, which has frontage or flankage on a
road where the parkland actually is a continuation of the school
property.
Considering the access to the Crestview Public School, the relatively
short length of Silas Hill Drive and several curved sections of roadway,
it is our opinion that a 40 km/h zone be installed on the entire length of
Silas Hill Drive.
Conclusions:
The installation of the reduced speed zone will provide notice to motorists that
they are entering a school zone, where increased attention is required, and an
increase in the level of safety for pedestrians.
Contact:
Allen Pinkerton
Manager, Traffic Operations, District 3
Telephone: 395-7463
Facsimile: 395-7482
E-mail: ajpinker@toronto.ca