Hamilton Mountain is getting more speed cushions
Published May 2, 2022 at 6:05 pm
Eight roadways in the central and west Mountain area of Hamilton are getting speed cushions, which are intended to reduce motorists’ speed and increase safety.
Installing the speed cushions is the outcome of a two-years-long Complete Streets review in Ward 8, which is represented at city hall by Coun. John-Paul Danko. The initiative involved an engineering review and public consultation. On Monday, fellow councillors on the committee approved using $553,000 in capital reinvestment reverse funds to install the cushions this spring.
The cushions will be installed on the following roadways in the coming days:
- Brantdale Avenue
- Brigadoon Drive
- Colombia Drive
- Hawkridge Avenue
- Highcliffe Avenue
- Jameston Avenue
- Malton Drive
- Terrace Drive
“Implementation of phase one of the Ward 8 Complete Streets recommendations will see an immediate effect and improve safety in every neighbourhood, on every street ward-wide,” said Danko, who was elected to council in 2018.
At the same meeting, Danko also introduced a motion calling on the elected leadership in the city and the Hamilton Police Service to develop improvements to pedestrian safety in the city. Hamilton has seen nine pedestrians die in the first four months of 2022. That includes a recent workplace death.
The Complete Streets review in Ward 8 has yet to make its final recommendations. Speed cushions, chicanes, bump-outs or other traffic calming measures could installed next year on the following roadways, as part of Phase 2 of the changes:
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- Belvedere Avenue
- Brucedale Avenue
- Caledon Avenue
- Clarendon Avenue
- Kennedy Avenue
- Lynbrook Drive
- Sanatorium Road
- West 2nd Street
Details of that second phase Phase 2 details will be finalized and funding approved by this summer, for installation in 2023, Danko said in a media release.
The full motion may be read on escribe.
Ward 8 is situated in west-end Hamilton on the Niagara Escarpment. It bordered by the hydro corridor to the south, the Escarpment on the north, Upper Wellington Street to the east, and Garth Street to the west.
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