Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Committee consider the following motion at this meeting, pursuant to Section 89(3) of the Procedure By-law, so that it may be considered prior to the summer legislative recess.

WHEREAS Bleeks Road is a rural collector road between Dywer Hill Road and Conley Road; and WHEREAS a portion of Bleeks Road has a residential density consistent with the residential quadrants within the village of Munster; and WHEREAS Bleeks Road has a speed limit of 50km/h within the village of Munster while the residential quadrants are all set at 40km/h; and WHEREAS the residents of Bleeks Road between Munster Road and Butterfield Road have expressed concern that their speed limit lacks consistency with the other residential areas within the village; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the portion of Bleeks Road, between Munster Road and approximately 200m east of Butterfield Road be changed from 50km/h to 40km/h.

WHEREAS William McEwen Drive is a rural collector road where the speed limit is currently 80km/h; and WHEREAS the section of William McEwen Drive between Century Road and Brophy Drive is regularly used by traffic looking to access Highway 416 from Prince of Wales Drive and vice versa; and WHEREAS residents along William McEwen Drive have frequently expressed concerns about the volume of through traffic and the speed at which it travels; and WHEREAS similar roads nearby, such as Century Road, First Line Road, Third Line Road and Fourth Line Road, all have a speed limit of 60km/h; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the section of William McEwen Drive, between Brophy Drive and Century Road be changed from 80km/h to 60km/h.