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MEETING: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
DATE: JUNE 3, 1991
REPORT #: WD-48-91 FILE #: D. 03 . 34. 01
SUBJECT: SAFETY CONCERNS FOR STUDENTS AT S. T. WORDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL,
MASH ROAD, COURTICE
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report WD-48-91 be received;
2 . THAT a School Crossing Guard NOT BE PLACED at the Nash
Road/Centerfield Drive intersection;
3. THAT the existing 50 km per hour speed zone on Nash Road between
Townline Road North and George Reynolds Drive remain unchanged and
not be decreased to 40 km per hour; and
4. THAT Mr. R T. Malowney, Director of Education and Secretary,
Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education, be advised of
Council's decision.
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REPORT
1.0 ATTACHMENTS
No. l: Key Map
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REPORT NO. : WD-48-91 PAGE 2
No.2 : Correspondence dated September 28, 1990 from
Franklin Wu, Director of Planning and Development
No. 3: Correspondence dated December 7, 1990, from the
Northumberland and Newastle Board of Education
No.4: Correspondence dated February 14, 1991 from the
Durham Regional Police
No.5: Report PD-47-91 dated February 18, 1991, School
Crossing Guard Policies
No. 6 : Signing Required for a 40 km/h Speed Zone
2.0 BACKGROUND
2 . 1 At a regular Council meeting held January 14, 1991, Council passed
Resolution #C-14-91:
"THAT the correspondence dated December 7, 1991,
from R. T. Malowney, Director of Education and
Secretary, the Northumberland and Newcastle Board
of Education, requesting that the Town of Newcastle
review a number of matters affecting the safety of
students at S. T. Worden Public School be received;
THAT the correspondence be circulated to the Durham
Regional Police for comment and referred to the
Director of Public Works and the Director of
Planning and Development for the preparation of a
joint report, including the comments from the Police
Department, to be forwarded to the General Purpose
and Administration Committee; and
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THAT R. T. Malowney be advised of Council's
decision. "
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3.0 REVIEW AND COMMENT
3 . 1 Durham Regional Police were forwarded a copy of Mr. Malowney's
letter of December 7, 1990, and provided their comments in a letter
dated February 14, 1991 (Attachment No-4) and are summarized as
follows:
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Speeding Concerns
"Results do not in our opinion reflect a major problem and
certainly no more of a problem than is experienced with any other
school location in the area. "
Requested Speed Reduction
"I see no necessity in a decrease of the posted speed limit. "
All Way Stop Traffic Controls
"The Stop signs appear to generally reflect an indication they are
achieving their function. "
Crossing Guard
"Responsibility rests with the Town of Newcastle. "
3 .2 Policies Related to School Crossing Guard Need
On February 25, 1991, Council approved Report PD-47-91, being a
policy to provide school crossing guards upon request where the
results of the Crossing Guard Need Study indicates a minimum of
50% rather than the standard 70% of the study time where school
children crossing is deemed to be unsafe at any crossing location.
Any crossing guard request is to be referred to the Director of
Planning and Development to determine its need based on findings j
from a School Crossing Guard Study (Attachment No.5) .
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3 . 3 A School Crossing Guard Need Study was completed at the Nash
Road/Centerfield Drive intersection on September 26, 1990, with a
result of only 35 .9% . A letter dated September 28, 1990
(Attachment No. 2) , was sent to the Principal of the S. T. Worden
Public School informing her that a study had been completed and
that a guard was not warranted at this time, but would be studied
again in six months.
3 .4 A second Crossing Guard Study was conducted on March 26, 1991, with
a result that 26% of the study time where school children crossing
at the location is deemed to be unsafe.
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3 .5 40 km per Hour Speed Zone (Twenty four hours per day)
Council has authority under the Highway Traffic Act, Chapter 198,
Section 109 (2) (a) , to prescribe a rate of speed for motor vehicles
on a Highway 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100 km per hour. A by-law
approved under this section would be in effect twenty four hours
a day including Sundays and summer months when schools are closed.
3. 6 40 km per Hour School Zone Speed Limit 18. 00 a.m.- 5:00 p m .
Weekdays)
Council has authority under the Highway Traffic Act, Chapter 198,
Section 109 (4) (b) , to prescribe a speed of 40 km per hour in
School Zones Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A School
Speed Zone is limited to a distance of 150 metres (492 feet) in
either direction beyond the limits of the land used for the purpose
of the school. The 40 km/hr zone would extend from #1435 to #1493
Nash Road. There are two side streets which enter the School Speed
Zone, therefore, additional signs would be required.
3. 7 To be enforceable a School Speed Zone must be specially signed to
warn motorists that a reduced speed zone is in effect. The Manual
of Uniform Traffic Control Devices illustrates types of School
Speed Zone signing in Attachment No.6 . The sign shall be either:
A) Electrically illuminated from within the sign and legible to
approaching traffic only when it is illuminated, or
B) As shown, with "When Flashing" tab and the alternately
flashing amber beacons.
The initial installation cost of these electrically illuminated
warning signs is approximately $4,200 per location. The Town of
Newcastle presently has 20 schools within its boundaries . If one
location receives a lower speed zone other requests will follow.
No funds have been provided in the 1991 Budget for this type of
expenditure.
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3 . 8 The Ontario Traffic Conference has created a committee to review
school crossing uniformity across the Province. The study will
investigate types of signs, pavement markings, locations,
procedures to determine needs and 40 km/hr school speed zones . The
findings will be published later this year.
3 . 9 Nash Road between George Reynolds Drive and Townline Road North has
been designed and built as an urban collector road. Nash Road is
10. 7 metres (35 feet) wide with curb and gutter, safe grades and
sidewalks on both sides .
On Nash Road, traffic is controlled by posted speed limit signs of
50 km per hour with All Way Stop conditions at the main
intersections on either side of the school with an adult crossing
guard in front of the school. This is a properly designed section
of roadway which is functioning properly and requires no speed
reduction or other changes .
4.0 CONCLUSIONS
4 . 1 From the above, it is concluded that the request for a crossing
guard at the Nash Road/Centerfield Drive intersection has been
studied on two occasions by a method approved by Council and that
the Crossing Guard Need Study Analysis indicates that a crossing
guard is not warranted.
4 .2 Durham Regional Police do not feel a major speeding problem exists
in this area or see the necessity to decrease the speed limit from
50 km per hour to 40 km per hour. The existing speed limit of 50
km per hour is considered safe for this location.
4 . 3 The section of Nash Road from George Reynolds Drive to Townline
Road North is properly designed to safely accommodate traffic and
pedestrians . No changes are required to the existing traffic
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control devices (All Way stops) at the Nash Road/Centerfield Drive
or Nash Road/Varcoe Road intersections .
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Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee,
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Walter A. Evans, P.Eng. , Lawrence E. Kotseff,
Director of Public Works Chief Admi istrative Officer
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Franklin Wu, M.C. I .P.
Director of Planning
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Attachments
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Director of Education and Secretary
The Northumberland and Newcastle
Board of Education
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P. 0. Box 470
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Ms.. Sherry Summersides
Principal
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1462 Nash Road,
Bowmanville, Ontario.
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Dear Ms. Sommersides: .
Re: Request for School Grossing Guard
Nash and Centrefield, Courtice
Your request for school crossing guard at the corner of Nash and Centrefield Roads in Courtice was - !
considered by Council and the matter was, subsequently, referred to the undersigned to take
appropriate action.
I wish to advise that a Crossing Guard Need Study was subsequently carried out at the said
intersection. Based on our findings and analysis in accordance to the methodology set out by the
Institute of Transportation Engineer, it is our conclusion that a crossing guard is not warranted at
this intersection. However, we will review the situation in another six months to determine
whether or not there are any significant changes in pedestrian and vehicular movement.
If you have any questions in this regard, please do not hesitate to call ether Mr. larry Taylor or
myself.
Yours very truly,
'Franklin Wu, M.C.LP.
Director, Plate and Development.
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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
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The Northumberland and Newcastle
Board of Education
FROM THE OFFICE OF 834 O'ARCY STREET NORTH
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION C O B O U R G O N T A R 1 0
P.O.BOX 470 K9A 4L2 416-372-6871
7 December 1990
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40 Temperance Street TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
Bowmanville, Ontario MAYOR'S OFFICE
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Dear Marie Hubbard
The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education at its
Regular Meeting of 22 November 1990 passed a motion directing
me to contact you asking the Town of Newcastle to review a
number of matters affecting .the safety of students at S.T.
Worden Public School.
All students located on and near Nash Road, walk to S.T.
Worden Public School. A parent delegation recently approached
the Board and brought several safety considerations to the
Board' s attention.
The speed limit on Nash Road in this area is currently 50 kph.
We are concerned with the speed of the traffic and the Board
requests that the speed limit be decreased to 40 kph, between
George Reynolds Drive and the Townline.
Further, we are concerned with the effectiveness of the four-
way stops at the following two intersections; Nash Road and
Centrefield Drive, and Nash and Varcoe Roads . It has been
noted that vehicles are prone to roll through these stops.
Our students are expecting the cars to stop and when they do
not, it causes an extreme safety hazard. Therefore, the Board
requests that the Town of Newcastle review the method of
traffic control at these two intersections.
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We are also concerned about the Town ' s decision not to place a
crossing guard at the Nash Road and Centrefield Drive
intersection. The safety of our students is paramount and the
placement of a crossing guard at this location would enhance
the safety of the young students who cross here. The Board
requests that the Town reconsider their decision regarding the
placement of a crossing guard at this intersection.
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Please carefully consider these three requests. If you have
any comments or require clarification, please contact_ Paul
Brace, Manager of Transportation and Planning for the Board.
Sincerely
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R.T. Malowney
Director of Education and Secretary
p.c. Paul Brace, Manager of Transportation and Planning
R.C. Sudds, Superintendent of Business and Treasurer
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February 14, 1991
Patti L. Barrie, A M C.T
Town Clerk
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Dear Ms Barrie;
Re : Safety of Students at
S .T. Worden Public School
Our Department has received your correspondence regarding the
Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education ' s request to
decrease the speed limit on Nash Road between the Townline
and George Reynolds Dr .
Your concerns were directly related to the "Stop sign"
violations and the "Speeding" in this area . The concern for
a crossing guard and that decision to place one there, rests
with the Town of Newcastle .
In responding to these aspects of police enforcement, we have
had officers from the Bowmanville Division conduct enforcement
in the specific area of concern for 3 days. Their results were
as follows :
Total of 3 Stop Sign violations at either
Nash & Varcoe Rd. or Nash & Centrefield.
Total of 4 cautions of speeding (in other
words, not in excess of 10 kms over the
limit--between Townline and George Reynolds)
Total of 0 speeding_ charaes between Townline
and Centrefield.
Total of 7 speeding charges between Centre-
field and George Reynolds Dr. as a result
of radar enforcement.
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For a 3 day period these results do not in our opinion reflect
a major problem and certainly no more of a problem then is
experienced with any other school location in the area.
A further check of our speeding and traffic complaints book
at the Division indicates that since April of 1988 to date
(almost a 3 year period) we have 5 complaints of either stop
sign violations or speeding violations for this area, 3 of
which were from either the crossing guards or the Board of
Education.
In checking our computer regarding reported accidents for all
times of the day and night, all seasons, we found the inter-
section of Nash and Varcoe Rd. had 4 accidents since November
1989, and Nash and Centrefield had 2 accidents since Auqust
1988 . Again this would not reflect excessive problems.
Although I believe the safety of our children is of the utmost
importance to all of us, I see no necessity in a decrease of
the posted speed limit. The stop signs appear to generally
reflect an indication they are achieving their function.
I appreciate ANY stop sign does not have a 100% success rate
and drivers on occasion will roll throuqh these signs .
It would certainly be ideal if citizens would obey all stop
signs and speed limits, but that ' s not the case .
I hope the information supplied has been of assistance to you
and if you have any further requests please don 't hesitate
to contact us.
Sincerely,
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Sgt. C. Leaitch
16 Division
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REPORT
Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File #
Date: February 18, 1991 Res. #
Report #: nn-47-91 Fite #: E�8 �� . 15 By-Law#
Subject: POLICIES RELATED TO SCHOOL CROSSING
GUARD NEED
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1 . THAT Report PD-47-91 be received;
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2 . THAT Council approve the policies for determining the need
for School Crossing Guard as contained in Report PD-47-91.
3 . THAT Report PD-47-91 be forwarded to the Northumberland and
Newcastle Public School Board and the Peterborough,
Victoria, Northumberland and Newcastle Separate School Board
for their information.
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1. BACKGROUND
1 . 1 The Town of Newcastle has been responsible for the provision
y of School Crossing Guards including personnel recruitment,
providing remuneration and equipment. The cost of this
service comes from general tax revenue and the 1990 total
operating budget for operating the crossing guard program is
$95, 000 .
1 . 2 The Town currently has a total of 17 crossing guards on
payroll and their patrol locations are distributed as
follows :
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Bowmanville 9
Courtice 3
Newcastle Vlg. 2
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1 . 3 From time to time, Council and staff receive requests from
the School Board or from local residents for crossing guard
services . In the past, these requests were sometimes
addressed by Council and sometimes addressed by staff.
1. 4 Issues related to request for school crossing guards is
often sensitive and rightfully so as it pertains to the
safety of the school children. It should be noted that
every time a crossing guard is introduced, it places
financial burden on the tax base for such service. Given
the hundreds of intersections in the municipality that
involve some degrees of school children crossing activities
it is- prudent that crossing guard service be provided where
there is a need of it. As a result, policies must be
developed to ensure the Town is consistent in its approach
and more importantly, the tax dollar is spent in a
responsible manner.
2. DETERMINATION OF THE NEED OF CROSSING GUARD
2 . 1 The Transportation Engineers Association has developed a
methodology to determine the need for crossing guard service
by carrying out a crossing guard need study. This need
study approach is used in many municipalities including the
City of Oshawa. Staff have now acquired the training and
are capable to carry out this type of study.
2 . 2 Briefly, the Crossing Guard Need Study requires field survey
to collect key data. These include, at any particular
crossing and at a specific time span (eg. 8: 15 a.m. - 9 :00
a.m. ) information on the number of school children crossing
the roadway, the size of the grouping of children, the width
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of the roadway, volume of vehicles, as well as various time
gaps between vehicles passing through. This data is fed
into prescribed formula to arrive at the percentage of time
y within the study period where crossing by school children is
deemed to be undesirable.
2 . 3 The Crossing Guard Need Study recommends that a crossing
guard be placed where the percentage to time for unsafe
crossing reaches approximately 70% . It is noted that the
70% is a suggested guideline and the municipality can set
its own standard.
3 . RECOMMENDED POLICIES
3 . 1 That it is the policy of the Town to provide school crossing
guard upon request where the result of the crossing guard
need study indicates a minimum 50% of the study time where
school children crossing is deemed to be unsafe at any
crossing location.
3 . 2 That any crossing guard request be .referred to the
Director
of Planning and Development to determine its need based on
findings from a school crossing guard need study.
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4 . CONCLUSION
It is the role of the staff to administer the school
crossing guard program and in so doing, the staff must be
guided by Council 's direction or policies and it is prudent
that Council approve the policies contained herein.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
Franklin Wu, M.C. I .P. La r nce Kotseff
Director of Planning Chief A �nis trat ive !
and Development Office !
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Part A
Division 2 - Regulatory Section
A 2.27 SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT Sign
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The School Zone Speed Limit sign shall be used to The sign shall be either, a) electrically illuminated from
prescribe lower rates of speed for any portion of a high- within the sign and legible to approaching traffic only
way that adjoins the entrance to or the exit from a school when it is illuminated or b) as shown, with "When Flash-
and is within a distance of 150 m along the highway in Ing"tab and alternately flashing amber beacons.
either direction beyond the limits of the land used for
purposes of the school. It shall be erected at the commencement of the portion of
the highway so designated, on the right side of the high-
The sign shall be used only by municipalities and re- way facing approaching traffic, not more than 4.5 m from
quires approval of a bylaw designating a portion of a the roadway with the bottom edge of the sign not less
highway under its jurisdiction as a school speed zone, than 1.5 m nor more than 2.5 m above the level of the
and prescribing the time or times between the hours of roadway.
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during which the prescribed rate
of speed of 40 km/h is effective. For authority and further Information, refer to Section
109(4) and Regulation 486, Section 5 of the Highway
Traffic Act.
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