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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Aug 2013, p. 4

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Carene Court, a proposed spot for a traffic circle. mm “no” New : 5â€"{3’ " Condnuedfrompagel Speed limit signs also have limited effecâ€" ’ “T" tiveness for calming traffic. but physical ; i of Auburn Drive and Dansbury Drive, and calming measuresare always present. 1 _ > if Auburn Drive and Strawberry (Irescent/ City council approved the traffic calm» ; 5? §~ ~ ». ~ ‘:_ (Larene (bun. ing measures on Feb. 25 following a pair of . i ’ 1. l I, a Three raised crosswalks are proposed public information centres with residents. ’ > 5.5 i ‘ """"'" ‘ » near St Matthew Catholic Elementary The city says it mailed about 4.000 flyers iri ' if $5" a School ~ at Auburn Drive near Jefferson early March 2012 informing residents of f ‘ j _ “fif Court, Auburn Drive near Crimson Drive the first meeting on Mar. 29 of that year. i If i " ‘ ‘5' 3 g“ and Pastem Trail in frontoftheschool. A second meeting was held three ! . 7 y E 1 i The city would also work with the months later on lune 20, but after residents ‘ , 5&3?“ region to improve thepede‘stnan refuge at argued they didnt get notice of the first i q 1 . . 1 ’ ”f . . (,nmson Drive and Bridge Street, The total meeting, a third meeting was held lune l: g - ' . " ‘ @9 project will cost between $48,000 and ofthis year, 3 $116,000. Residents say it was one of the worst . y , The common sense approaches the resâ€" rneetitigs they had ever attended and allege i ,. idents would like to see the city try first staff Simply told them what was going to ; include: posting speed limit and school happen rather than listening to their t zone signs in the neighbourhood, restore concems. i the crosswalk markings on the pavement Ward 5 councillor Mark Whale) slip near the school, an increased police presâ€" ports the decision of council and staff to once. and the constmction of traffic circles move ahead with the calming or roundabouts at the real problem inter He said residents who did attend the , section â€" University Avenue last and public meetings last year indicated speed 1 Auburn Drive. trig was a big issue in the neighbourhood 1. "Speed limit signs are probably a good and he trusts the traffic data compiled by , " way to start rather than go right for the Paradigm Transportation Solutions 1, YO L] (jeserve gusto and spend all this money on a Limited. ' , " ",_, roundabout nobody wants," said Steve “They're accredited and qualified and ‘ ~~ . Vanderveen. who lives on Strawberry t res they know their stuff.~ Whalet said l '_- ' ‘ cent Some residents challenge that report. i " v ‘ Residents are concerned about the abtl whit b said 1,900 daily s-t‘hlt it" trips are ’ ity of fire trucks and recreational vehicles made along Auburn Drive ”in s.i\ that ' a to make the turn around the traffic circles. number is too hi it. btit Whalcy argues i Rece've up tO $650 When replaCing your Old ‘ and are wary of increased response times since the (”li_\ sl‘nlgtttil meeting notices to . heating and cooling systems. i for emergency vehtcles. They allege eat b 4,000 households, moo trips is reasonable speed hump will add nine to 10 seconds to Residents also argue spending hits ‘ . l _ ‘ emergency response times because tbt-v tlt‘t reused over the past (101 adi- lraffii data For a heinUi ChQCklle afld to find DafTClDatlng tuust slow right down shows that frorn 2004 and Jill 1. speeds int i . "Dept-tidin on which way they (fllllt‘ Auburn llrivc have fallen front M H kilnnie ' contraCTorS VlSlt saveonenerQY'ca or call i rlllll l totild mid it at any moment person tres per hour to between 'i'i km b and 1 1 f‘l f ' ‘t, T i’ L "T idly. I‘m going to lose fit) seconds potential ”if both ' I I d 91/ a tOday i ly and I could be dead." said llovd t on ”w final design for the two traffic in ‘ prich. who lives at the corner of \trawbt-rr\ t |(‘\ has yet to be complete. but Whale-t ' FOf energy savrng tips and ka8 find US on Facebook ‘ crescent and Auburn Drive t'xpet is I1 to be ready within the next six ‘ Information posted on the city's Wt‘hsllt' weeks Once designs are done, the l in will (facebookcom/wnhydro) and fOllOW US on TWITTGY (Mbydro) indicates the traffic circles would be bunt host another public meeting to go mm the ‘ Within the existing intersection and not plan wrth residents again ‘ w interfere with crosswalks or sidewalks It Whitley said he thI help Yt‘slllt'llls get , ‘ Will he designed to accommodate the city's their petition to the rest of count il and help i _ mum“: ‘ fire trucks. and shouldn't be an issue for them prepare a delegation tor rill upturn w mmm-mnnr.' .......,.. mm "a...“ m... resident's RVs. ing council mr-etin i M fi’mxnmfifil, '.‘. faâ€"i;-‘t-'::;'.31:?,'a'.:. i The website also said stop signs pros'ide “I'm not gtilnggtii st.llitl 111 the win of ‘ ‘ _-â€"â€"._. fixfixmwx; :.t$.“.‘:..‘.'?:.“".:".’.‘,.‘..“~‘.':.‘f.:" a “false sense of security” and when used their protest ln far t. I‘ll help them but at Lam mL‘ZL",;L“1:.' awl-1.7.0.4? "’"'- ‘ incorrectly can lead to "poor compliant c the end of the day 1 don‘t think l'Il be able and requests for police enforcement " tostippori it ‘ Whaley said

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