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. wmwommaa~mmzzoius , I I I I Report slated for lune 23 councrl meeting bumped to allow more tune for remew Bria-Islam uptown Waterloo as intensification contlnâ€" $11M ‘3 ' 7‘. ”W ' “WW uesandllditrailtransitchangestheflowof " “ W ' vehidetraflic ‘ controversial traffic calming plan for Their mandate is to represent the inter- , Athe uptown west neighbourhood has ests of the neighbourhood and the city. and been delayed by nearly a month to to act in an advisory capacity to ensure the give staff and residents more time to review community's interests are identified and ._.., {it _ it. incorporated into the study. ‘l ' . Thereportwasoriginallyscheduledtobe Thestudyareaisborderedbyl-‘JbStreet 5; presented to council on lune 23 but was West to the north, Westmount Road and - ‘ 3 ‘ bumped to luly 14. King Street South to 3 A ”As we worked the east and west. and n, 3 ‘ \. through the timeline it the City of Kitchener to V . became apparent we “ . the south "Die issue of ' hadn’t given enough SOME people Sdld the traffic calmingwas first 59‘»- public notice to allow ’ bee raised during an v"; , ‘ ' _" 2 h People time to review process hasnt n long uptown tramc summit - " ‘ ‘ I 9' ” ’ a the report,” said leff enough, even though we held in September . , 1 * , KlomPus, chair of the ' ' 2012 and was dis- . ' ' f Uptown West Neigh- belleue 18 months 13 long cussed at length dur- 7' ‘ .fi bourhood Transporta enough for a study of this ing an open house last . -. - . ~-; tion Study task force, a nature ” fall. { , ' , t , group of citizens. stafi ' The city held a pubâ€" A 3» V f T; ‘ and other volunteers lic information session ' /t ’ ~ tasked with helping to _ I] I II I n on May 6 and accepted ,' / i 5‘ develop traffic calmr . . . survey feedback until r. flit . y . ing options for the Imfl‘iropgrztzigmmpmi ”I :W May 13 to help inform ., - g “‘3" I‘ area. ’ ' their decision of which Residents in - . . engage amvdtabledhwslononrbowtoinplermwffiralmmgnwet We felt it best in scenario to endorse. inflieuptownwestneighbuirhoodmflngmopenhouel‘fd. the interest of full. fair More than 200 people um and complete disclo» attended that meeting sure to postpone going to council until luly.” and the majority indicated they wanted to Not everyone involved in the task force is force and of CORE said CORE's concerns The task force did not receive an execu~ see very few traffic calming measures imple- happy with how it has unfolded. though. have notyet been ranked Healid them- iive summary of the consultant's report to mented in the city. according to the report. Four members of the H-person taalt utive “my olthe wort included none council until their final meeting on lune 12 The four scenarios presented to the pub- force are also members of the grassroots of the mutants or may remit: from the Thai summary. along with the full report. lic included a range of traffic calming neighbourhood group called Conserve Our public "limit anion. and that the task force was posted on the city's website late last Fri options such as one-way streets. raised Residential Environment, or CORE. and in was provided with a subjective synopsis of - day crosswalks and speed bumps A do-nothing early May the group told the Chronide the the malttovoteon. The task force voted 674 in favour of option was also presented. ' scenarios don't do enough to prevent flow» Lang also said the postponement of the approving the summary report and sending The final report suggests implementing a through traffic in their neighbourhood meeting to July could be a problem. "The it to council without seeing the details of the phased traffic strategy that incorporates On May 22. CORE also sent an email to meeting nowends up beingin the middle of complete report more sidewalks signed bike routes. a raised every member of council as well as Hodgson the prime nation period.” he said. which "Some people said the process hasn't crosswalk on Roslin Avenue near Our lady and Klompus detailing serious concerns the may prevent interest” residents with prior been long enough, even though we believe of lourdes Catholic School. a safety assess group has with how the process played out. commitments from attendlr‘, 18 months is long enough for a study of this men! of the Park and Allen Street intersec- including missing information from the Klompus. howeverpaald he is confident nature.” said Chris llodgson, the City‘s trafiic lion and continued traffic monitoring city's website, imposed time limits for dis with howtheproce-phyedmn. Opt'l’ailons manager who has been working throughout the neighbourhood. cussion during task force meeting. leading Where m a lot oldiacuaaion about the on the pron-ct. The total cost of this approach would be questions for public input and other flawed process and the ream-K be said 'Ccrtainly The task force was formed last lanuary $20,000 to “0.000. and the report acknoin processes there was lots of robin diactnalon around and has been working to come up with a edges. “the final network solution that is CORE. which formed two years lg). up unmadthemummry' range of scenarios for traffic calming and implemented may not be exactly any of the Its memberdilp indudea 234 households in The full report is available onlinia traffic diversion to help protect the neigh four alternatives that were presented" at the the WW. me/wwm west n bourhood from predicted traffic increases in May open house. 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