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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-10-16 Minutes Clw:lggton 1-2 Approved CLARINGTON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON Minutes of Meeting Thursday, October 16, 2008 PRESENT: (Chair) Clayton Morgan Councillor Adrian Foster Sandy Lyall Gillian Bellefontaine (Vice-Chair) Gord Lee Georg Krohn David Reesor ALSO PRESENT: Stuart McAllister, Road Safety Co-ordinator, Durham Region Leslie Benson, Manager of Transportation & Design Ron Baker, Traffic & Transportation Co-ordinator Constable Esther Rathwell REGRETS: Tony Cannella, Director of Engineering Services, Wallace Bradley, Kerry Meydam, Lisa Robinson, Elwood Ward 1.0 ADOPTION OF MINUTES-(September 18, 2008) There were two corrections to the September 18th minutes as follows: 4.4 Simpson Ave. between Prince S1. & King S1. should read: are sidewalks on the east side of Simpson Ave. / but none on the west side. 4.5 Hwy 115 off Taunton Road should read: When traveling south on Hwy 115, and it is sometimes difficult to see westbound traffic The following motion was proposed: THAT: "The minutes of the September 18,2008 meeting are approved as amended." MOVED: by David Reesor; SECONDED by Adrian Foster CARRIED 2.0 ITEMS FOR INFORMATION 2.1 Road Watch-(Gord Lee) From June to September there have been 70 incident reports processed, and all of them being from Road Watch's Radar Operator. However, due to the dates of the alleged infractions (June through September), Inspector Green advised his staff to process and record the information, but not to follow up with a letter to the registered vehicle owner because the dates of the infractions were long past. To-date there are only five current incidents at 16 Division on file for processing, three being from school bus operators. In addition to those five, six incident complaints to-date have gone to P.C. Rathwell for a license search. Ron Baker and Gord Lee have been invited to the D.R.P.S. Traffic Co-ordinators meeting on October 2ihto discuss Road Watch Programs in Durham. This meeting will provide a great opportunity to network with Sergeant Jeff Galipeau of the Traffic Division, who will be chairing the meeting, and with Road Watch chairs in attendance. The purpose will be to discuss what does and what doesn't work in Durham Region. 2.2 Traffic Watch-(Ron Baker) There were 749 listed reports from June 12th through October 1 st of this year, which is down from last year. The radar board which is 10 years old now is out of service. Ron Baker is checking into the cost of repairing it. P. C. Rathwell will check to see if it is possible to obtain a radar board that could display speeds traveled. At Concession Road 3 there is a trailer that downloads all data needed for officers to use. It is set to a certain speed only, and once that threshold is met a message is displayed; however, the public cannot view actual speed. 2.3 Highway 407 Update-(Leslie Benson) At the recent 407 meeting it was announced that Totten Sims Hubicki has merged with various companies and is now referred to as ABCOM. The Ministry of Transportation is still reviewing under/over passes and cul-de-sac scenarios. The MTO would like to cul-de-sac Middle Road at Concession Road 7, however, there was direction from the Region as well as Clarington staff not to cul-de-sac this area. The consultant has commenced traffic studies using "Micro Simulation". The information is derived from population predictions, employment centres as well as growth estimates. Leslie Benson has all the information from the meeting available ifmembers would like to review it. There was a presentation that dealt with topics such as road sections. Also on the agenda was detour and road closure considerations during construction only and MTO advised that studies to-date show that it will not be necessary to close any of Clarington roads during construction ofHwy. 407. The MTO has been in contact with Emergency Medical Services, The Durham Regional Police at this meeting. The completion date for Hwy. 407 is planned for 2013. 3.0 AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION 3.1 Rural Speed Limit-(Ron Baker) The Director of Engineering Services received an email from the Region stating that they denied the Municipality's design of the speed limit entrance signage on Regional roads. Members discussed signage issues in detail and thought that education is a key element when the new speed limits are posted. There will be a report to Council regarding rural speed limits in November. The Committee thought it would be wise to have this information publicized in the local newspaper. Constable Rathwell advised that if given the authority she could advise officers to educate the public when vehicles are pulled over. The website will be the main tool used to educate the public. The address is www.clarington.net . In 2008 there were monies set aside within the Operations Department budget to allow for the speed limit signs and it was hoped that these funds could be carried over to 2009. 4.0 NEW BUSINESS AT DIRECTION OF CHAIR 4.1 Liberty Street Widening-Bowmanville Stuart McAllister confirmed that construction of Liberty Street from King Street to Baseline Road is currently shown for 2011 in the Region's Capital Budget and Four-Year Forecast. 4.2 Tim Horton's - Bowmanville Leslie Benson will speak with the Planning Department to find out the status of this issue. The Region retains the right to make a final decision with respect to maintaining the access offWaverley Road. 4.3 Pedestrian Traffic Signals on Liberty St. South of Parkway Cres. The Committee members feel that the existing lights at this location are still necessary due to the school, church, apartments and the Memorial Park located close by. 4.4 Liberty St. & Longworth Avenue-Bowmanville This intersection has met warrants this fall for traffic signals due to a new traffic count. New lights are planned for the spring of2009. 5.0 NEXT MEETING DATE- November 20, 2008-7:00 P.M. Committee Room 1 C-Enter via Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, through the north door on Church Street (Library entrance doors). 6.0 ADJOURNMENT MOVED by; Gord Lee THAT: "The meeting be adjourned at 8:25 p.m."