City Council to Reduce Speed Limit On Woodglade Boulevard; Installing Crosswalks Where Child Died In March

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City Council has endorsed reducing the speed limit from 50 to 40 kilometres per hour and implementing a Community Safety Zone on Woodglade Boulevard between Sherbrooke Street and Kawartha Heights Boulevard and installing crosswalks near the area where a child was struck by a vehicle and died in March.

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A traffic operational review was conducted on the Council’s direction to assess the existing traffic conditions on Woodglade Boulevard between Kawartha Heights Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street according to a press release. The technical assessment included a review of vehicle speed and volume, collision history, intersection sightlines and pedestrian activity.

It showed that vehicle speed and volume are comparable to other high-capacity collector roadways in Peterborough. Three collisions have been reported in the past six years.

The Intersection sightline review recommends reducing the posted speed limit or provide advance warning signs for northbound drivers.

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Here's The Top 10 Intersections For Collisions In Peterborough

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Peterborough Community Police's Traffic Managment Unit has released stats so far this year for the Top 10 intersections for collisions (and what the Top 10 were last year).

"The one intersection of note," according to the police release, "is that Monaghan and Lansdowne is no longer in the Top 10 for this year. It actually did not make the Top 20. It has been #1 or #2 for the past 5 years."

 

Here's the breakdown...

2012 So Far

1 Clonsilla and the Parkway
2 Clonsilla and Sherbrooke
3 Parkway and Lansdowne
4 Rubidge and King
5 Fairbairn and Parkhill
6 Parkhill and George
7 Lock and Lansdowne
8 Sherbrooke Rubidge
9 Ashburnham and Lansdowne
10 Clonsilla and Goodfellow
 
2011 Year End Stats

1 Sherbrooke and Clonsilla
2 Monaghan and Lansdowne
3 Monaghan and Parkhill
4 Clonsilla and Goodfellow
5 Parkway and Lansdowne
6 Clonsilla and Parkway
7 Bellevue and Chemong
8 Wolsely and Chemong
9 Parkhill and Fairbairn
10 Sherbrooke and Monaghan
 
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