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By Mahesh_P_Butani (registered) - website | Posted September 18, 2011 at 18:12:25 in reply to Comment 69814
jason,
Your raising the issue of speeding cars in the core is a very serious issue (outside of the limited context of the cafe patio referred to above).
The very unfortunate events from only yesterday in the core go to highlight your most relevant concern that has got minimized in my example above.
If you are up to it -- these incidents can be referenced along with many such past incidents in the core, to impress upon Clr. Jason Farr and the Council to seriously and most urgently implement vehicular speeding law enforcement in the downtown core.
Maybe a sign-in petition via a website would be a start in this direction.
We need to immediately set up a 24/7 surveillance system for vehicular speeding infractions - to put an end to this speeding madness on Main & King including James/Canon/Wilson etc.
I believe they do this for speeds over 50kms - with heavy fines/penalties near the Mac campus (at the beginning of Cootes drive) via speed traps and even a large digital speed sign on a bridge. I don't see why this is not possible in the core, on Main & King and James, Cannon, Wilson York etc.
This could be achieved for far less an expense than one/two way conversions - which if and when they happen, may still be useless if speeding laws are not strictly enforced.
School zones are examples where drivers self regulate their speeding tendencies to slow down to 40kms - between flashing sets of lights. There are many creative ways in which such an approach can be used to develop new slowing down mechanisms for the core during peak and off-peak hours.
Such strict enforcement will send a very important message to all that the current administration is deadly serious about its commitment to turning the Downtown core into a pedestrian friendly environment.
All Councillors who are averse to this urgent request by downtown residents - need to be invited by the Ward 2 Councillor to come and sit on beach chairs for an hour - on the sidewalk corner of Main & Walnut (which is by far the narrowest along the entire Main street), to experience first-hand the most treacherous and downright shameful conditions that have been allowed to exist in the core for decades.
Comment edited by Mahesh_P_Butani on 2011-09-18 18:31:47
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