Item - 2021.MM37.15

Tracking Status

MM37.15 - O'Connor Drive Traffic Safety: Automated Enforcement and Speed Limit Reductions - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Ward:
14 - Toronto - Danforth

City Council Decision

City Council on November 9, 10 and 12, 2021, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the January 6, 2022 meeting of Toronto and East York Community Council on Item TE7.130 headed "O'Connor Drive Intersection and Traffic Safety Review".

 

2. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider installing a Red Light Camera at Pape Avenue and O'Connor Drive and to report back to the January meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the feasibility of this installation.

 

3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider placing an Automated Speed Enforcement device on O'Connor Drive between Pape Avenue and Greenwood Avenue and to report back to the January meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the feasibility of this installation.


4. City Council reduce the speed limit on O'Connor Drive between Broadview Avenue and Coxwell Avenue from 50 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour.

 
5. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to ensure that appropriate staff attend the online community safety meeting for O'Connor Drive hosted by the local Councillor on November 16, 2021.

 

6. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to use the City's Complete Streets guidelines as the principal guiding document for the review and study of O' Connor Drive requested in Parts 1 through 5 above, so that the warrants are not solely based on road classification.

Background Information (City Council)

Communications (City Council)

(November 8, 2021) Letter from Geoff Kettel, Richard Nelson, Holly Reid, Najia Zewari, Executive Committee, Cycle Don Valley Midtown (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/mm/comm/communicationfile-139597.pdf
(November 10, 2021) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (MM.New)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Waive Referral (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM37.15 be referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.


Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council