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WAHc'RlDO canorucua ' Wednesday. December It 2013 - 5 City reconsidering trafl‘ic calmm' 3 measures on Auburn Drive By huts mason the end of September arguing against the i ‘â€" l ‘ , Jihfl’fl’ 59/1,,” 7*" traffic circles Residents challenged the city's 5; ‘ traffic report for the neighbourhood that ‘ esidents near Auburn Drive are cau- claims 1,900 daily trips are made in the area. R tiously optimistic with a revised my and residents also argue speeding has 4 plan that will reduce the extent of decreasedoverthepastdecade. ,4“ fi‘ ‘ traffic calming in their neighbourhood. Traffic data shows that from 2004 and " ,, The new plan calls for the elimination of 20l 1. speeds on Auburn Drive have fallen .. 7i} proposed traffic circles at the intersections of from 64.8 kilometres per hour to between 55 E * w a r we 5' Auburn Drive and Dansbury Drive. and km/h and57 km/h. t «acfwm * Auburn Drive and Strawberry (Iresccnt/ Following the presentation by (Timprich, it. a,“ " (larene (hurt. Ward councillor Mark Whale-y requested staff : ' ,. - Instead. three raised crosswalks will be take a second look at the data and develop ? built near St. Matthew (latholic Elementary an alternative plan for the area. A public " g School 7‘ at Auburn Drive near Jefferson meeting several weeks back was full and ran k ”H ‘ Court. Auburn Drive neartrimson Drive and more than an hour over schedule due to the Pastern Trail in front of the school. number of questions and concerns that were Residents concerned about possible traffic drdes on Auburn Drive may be getting a reprieve. “We're certainly very pleased," said [Joyd raised. (Iimprit‘h‘ a neighbourhood spokesperson Whaley said the City will proceed with the who lives at the corner ol Strawberry (ires- raised crosswalks and assess the need for \. cent and Auburn Drive "I would call it funhercalmingoverthenextfewyears, ‘ 7 .. guarded optimism," The councillor had been an advocate of a ( i f ‘1 3 ‘ ‘ ; ' t g \ ‘ A final report will be presented to council the plan from the beginning. but said he i ‘ " A ‘ ‘ ‘ ' on lan. 13 and councillors Will vote on the could not ignore his constituents on the /\ \ changes to the plan. issue. " ~ , u? (Iouncil unanimously approved traffic “l don't work for the city. l work for the G . calming measures along Auburn Dove in residents and what the people want is more ~‘ ‘ g) \ Febniary In an effort to slow down speeders. important than what the city wants.~ said A In the weeks and months that followed, how Whale'y. ‘ , ‘ l ever. residents throughout the neighbour (iimprich said residents still have con I V ‘ ' hood began to speak out against the proiect, cerns with the intersection of Auburn Drive I | f N I ' : They say the city did a poor ph of notify and University Avenue and said a round« .- r g ‘ ing them of the proposed changes and that about should be built there, but Whaley said .- a‘ . \ the calming measures aren't needed They logistical issues. such as the need to pur- - L _ circulated a petition against the project and chase land around the intersection, and ‘ ‘ r a ‘ gathered approximately 200 signatures in other matters need to be sorted out first opposition. before any roundabout can be discussed for s .. (Iimprich also appeared before council at that intersection. H ; C0 "1 f0 rt P I u S Shlbll"willh - ‘1 c 00 e times C ange next year â€" celebrates their BVIJsA Bunnies without a lengthy and con- strongly in favour of pro- 'y“ for the Chronicle , troversial debate. however, as posed changes. while others ; 4 3 rd 9 r] r i n some trustees were con- wereopposed. ’ y ( ell times at many cerned about the impact Trustees considered sur- - - B public and (.alhOllt changes may have on fami» vey input but ultimately bUSIneSS Wlth elementary and sec lies favoured bell time changes ondary schools will change In the end. no one wanted over potential cuts to pro- ) next September. following to cut classroom programs. gram sup L r dea I S decisions by the region's Buchholtz said. "Either we There could be room to - school boards save the' money here. or further adjust some school ll] 8 ll In a vote at last week's come lune. we start cutting start times. however. those board meeting. Waterloo rograms for kids." decisions will be made with ' I n Catholic District St hool p Pressure is on both caution. If an extra bus is Ciel)‘; rtn16 n [3 Board trustees opted to alter boards to reduce busing added to scheduled motes. it school start [”an at schools costs liach board spends will (‘omeatacost PL US byupto2t)niinutesear1ieror nearly SI million more on 'If you have to make a u . i later [he decision tomes transponation per year than change, it means you're after the Waterloo Region it receives in pmvtncral fund going to have to find $401K” District School Board voted irig somewhere else.” But‘hholtz to change its bell times earli The public board is pro said eriii Nrmrmber tecting a “ibrmillion defiCit He said the board has loch board stands to saw- and is looking for ways to been making significant cuts up to SI million in trans tut l‘he (atholic board has to its budget during the past txrrtationtosts ot yet forecasted a defint, four years and there's not However both boards btit It has been forced to much left to trim 'Wt‘ don't No “on ii i t. i. it whit li shari- busing, bad to tighten its budget belt due to have a lot of lat." Hm hholt7 (it'l lull (let up» ”I am“ agree to adlust their tinting decliningenrolment said ' ‘ ‘ in order to achieve the sdi. 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