More speed-restricted areas around Milton schools being implemented over four years

A plan to implement more 40 km/h neighbourhoods in Milton will be considered at next week’s Town council meeting.

The Town’s traffic engineering staff has prepared a four-year plan for the implementation of the lowered speed limits within the urban area and rural hamlets of Milton.

In addition, raised crosswalks are planned to be installed at school pedestrian crossings along major collector roads.

The pilot 40 km/h neighbourhood in Ward 4, bordered by Derry Road, Bronte Street South, Louis St. Laurent Avenue and Regional Road 25, 4 is being converted to four permanent 40 km/h Neighbourhood Zones this summer.

And staff are now recommending more speed-limited neighbourhoods be created over a four-year period, including in rural areas.

The yearly plan would include a number of zones in each ward being converted on all local and minor collector roads.

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As the 40 km-h Neighborhood Zones are implemented, raised crosswalks would also be installed in conjunction with this work, along major collector roads at school pedestrian crossovers.

Raised crosswalks at PXO’s create a safe, slow-speed crossing at minor intersections. Similar to speed humps and other vertical speed elements, they reinforce slow speeds to encourage motorists to be aware of pedestrians.

Here is where the report suggests new raised crosswalks would be installed:

2025

• Woodward Avenue and Wilson Drive – Ward 2
• Farmstead Drive and 745 Farmstead Drive – Ward 4 (from 2024 change from pilot to permanent)
• Farmstead Drive and McFerran Crescent – Ward 4 (from 2024 change from pilot to permanent)
• Savoline Boulevard and Union Gas Trail – Ward 4
• Savoline Boulevard and Merkley Gate – Ward 4
• Scott Boulevard and Finney Terrace – Ward 4

2026

• Scott Boulevard and Athlone Drive – Ward 1
• Scott Boulevard and Farrington Crossing – Ward 1
• Tupper Drive and 201 Bussel Crescent – Ward 2
• Yates Drive and Symons Crossing – Ward 3
• Yates Drive and Union Gas Trail – Ward 3

2027

• Woodward Avenue and Robarts Drive – Ward 2
• Dixon Drive and Hatton Crossing – Ward 2
• Dixon Drive and Sprucedale Lane – Ward 2
• Dixon Drive and Cobban Road – Ward 2
• Bennett Boulevard and Lee’s Gate – Ward 3
• 659 Sauve Street and Pathway – Ward 3
• Leger Way and Hinton Terrace – Ward 4

2028

• Coxe Boulevard and Sam Sherratt Trail – Ward 2
• Bennett Boulevard and Wickson Way – Ward 3
• Bennett Boulevard and Hepburn Road – Ward 3

The total cost to implement the program throughout Milton over a four-year period would be approximately $350,000, including contractual costs as well as contingency and project management.