Hamilton adding more dynamic speed signs and speed cushions

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Published June 9, 2022 at 9:40 pm

New traffic measures coming to Hamilton include dynamic speed signs on Dundurn Street North, where drivers travel before approaching two of the city’s most perilous intersections.

Three city councillors are bringing proposed traffic calming measures to the floor for a public works committee meeting on Monday. One includes a motion to add two dynamic speed signs along Dundurn North. That motion has been made by Ward 8 Coun. John-Paul Danko, since Ward 1 Coun. Maureen Wilson is not on the pertinent committee.

Wards 6 and 7 Couns. Tom Jackson and Esther Pauls also want to add speed cushions in the areas of the city that they represent.

Both the Dundurn South/Main East and Dundurn South/King West intersections have a high frequency of collisions, according to the 2021 collision report compiled by the public works department. In April, a driver who was turning from Dundurn North to King West in an Acura sedan was also injured when he collided with a transport-truck driver, causing an eight-hour delay.

On March 30, a 14-year-old girl walking home from school was struck and injured by a driver at Dundurn and Main. The teen spent about two weeks in the hospital and the driver was charged with careless driving.

Eleven people have died in Hamilton this year after being struck by motorists while on foot. Last month, after a DARTS driver was struck and killed on Main St., city council voted to convert Main to two-way traffic.

Danko’s motion says the dynamic speed signs would be installed permanently on Dundurn North. The cost, which is not to exceed $20,000, would come out of Ward 1 reserve funds.

Jackson is asking council to approve two speed cushions on Eaglewood Drive, between Royal Vista Drive and Sinena Avenue, in his Hamilton Mountain ward. The veteran councillor noted residents from 44 out of 48 homes on Eaglewood signed a petition asking for the measure.

Pauls is looking to add one speed cushion on East 26th St., between Queensdale Ave. E. and Crockett Street. She says residents from 11 of 23 homes on East 26th have asked for the measure.

Purchasing and installing a speed cushion costs around $7,000, and would be paid for out of each councillor’s ward reserves. The cushions would be installed in the fall.

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