Transportation Committee
	TO:	Mayor and Members of Council
	FROM:	Alan Brown, Director of Engineering
	PREPARED BY:	Monday Iyamu, Traffic Coordinator
	DATE OF MEETING:	November 24 2003
	SUBJECT:	Heavy Truck Traffic Prohibition

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT the attached by-law to amend Schedule 14 of Traffic By-law Number 106-71, by including a Heavy Truck Traffic Prohibition on the following streets be approved:

Hillmount Road, Between Markland Street and Woodbine Avenue

Oakford Drive, Between Markland Street and Woodbine Avenue

AND THAT the Operations and Asset Management Department be authorized to install Heavy Truck Traffic Prohibition signs upon approval of the by-law;

AND THAT the York Region Police Force be requested to enforce the Heavy Truck Traffic Prohibition upon approval of the attached by-law amendment and installation of the appropriate signage.

PURPOSE:

This report is to recommend a Heavy Truck Traffic Prohibition to prevent heavy truck traffic from using the identified roads within the residential area of the Woodbine North Secondary Plan.

BACKGROUND:

The Engineering Department received a request to prohibit heavy truck traffic on the identified roads in the residential portion of the Woodbine North Secondary Plan, located west of Woodbine, between 16^th Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive. The subdivision is zoned for Residential and Industrial mix-use with high volume of heavy truck activities in the Industrial portion of the subdivision. Heavy truck traffic is using Oakford Drive and Hillmount Road right-of-ways to gain access to Woodbine Avenue

OPTIONS/DISCUSSION:

Heavy truck traffic through the existing community disrupts and compromises the safety of the residents. Heavy truck traffic also accelerates the degradation of the pavement due to the heavy loads these vehicles are carrying. To force heavy traffic to use alternate routes, it is recommended that a Heavy Truck Traffic Prohibition be established on the identified roads.

The Heavy Truck Traffic Prohibition by-law permits local delivery; therefore it does not affect residential activities within the Community. This prohibition will restrict heavy truck traffic access to the Industrial portion of the subdivision only from Major Mackenzie Drive. Truck access will be improved when Markland Street is extended to woodbine Avenue.

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

The cost of labour and materials to implement these measures will be recovered from the developer, as these roads are not assumed by the Town.

BUSINESS UNITS CONSULTED AND AFFECTED:

Subject to Council’s approval, the Operations and Asset Management Department will install the proper signage for the proposed Heavy Truck Traffic Prohibition as shown on attachment 1.

ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1 – Heavy Truck Traffic Prohibition Map

Attachment 2 – By-law

Alan Brown, C.E.T. Director of Engineering

Jim Baird, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Commissioner of Development Services

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