Cloverley Neighbourhood Traffic & Safety Improvements

PROJECT UPDATE: Thank you for your input on the traffic & safety improvements in the Cloverley neighbourhood. We are in the process of analyzing all of the data collected over the last year as well as the survey results. A summary of all the information will be posted here shortly.

Back in December of 2019 we introduced traffic calming measures to better understand the potential traffic pattern impacts.

These included:

• Installing centreline delineators on Hendry Avenue between East 6th Street and East 4th Street
• Making the laneway north of 4th Street one-way
• Maintaining existing right turn restrictions between 3-6pm Mon-Fri from laneways onto Keith Road
• Physically restricting right turns onto Keith Road from Heywood Street

Your comments, combined with feedback, traffic data and best practices in traffic management planning will inform our next steps for this project.

Traffic Calming Plan

Background

Since 2016 City staff have been working with this community to improve safety and address shortcutting in Cloverley. Traffic calming measures put in place have not succeeded in reducing shortcutting on local roads, as drivers have shifted onto other roads in the area.

In spring 2019 Council directed staff to hire a consultant to review of measures to date. The final review recommended restricting access to the Cloverley area from Keith Road as the only option to completely address this problem. City staff held a community meeting and received feedback from neihgbours that the proposed pilot project was more restrictive than the current situation requires. As a result staff have modified the project to balance the benefits and impacts throughout the neighbourhood while retaining the intent of the consultant’s report.