May 20, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
With no safe place to cross the street at Rolling Hills Drive, a group of residents are working together towards their goal of having a stop sign installed.
An online petition authored by the Rolling Hills Traffic and Safety Committee to Orangeville Town Council, requesting a stop sign, has already garnered around 250 signatures, and will be brought before Council at their June 14 meeting.
“We’ve had a lot of issues with kids crossing to catch the school bus, seniors crossing to the hospital,” said Janice Eldridge, a member of the neighbourhood’s safety committee.
The only place to get across the street, where there’s a pedestrian crossing is at Highway 10, however very few people use it. There’s no sidewalk down to Highway 10 and some residents have concerns after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at that crossing back in March of this year.
Traffic is slowing down on Orangeville roads.
Orangeville council recently passed a bylaw that is dropping the speed limit on most municipal roads to 40 kph.
Hansen Boulevard, First Street, Town Line, C Line, Riddell Road, Centennial Road and Broadway are all excluded from the bylaw.
Council also voted to designate McCannell Avenue, Rolling Hills Drive, and Blind Line as community safety zones.
The bylaw amendment will take effect March 1st.
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Jan 19, 2021 5:19 PM
After a property along the bend of McCannell Avenue was struck by a vehicle twice and two more recent close calls, the area will finally receive a guard rail.
Back in 2015, a vehicle lost control and crashed through the chain link fence, bordering a residence belonging to the Robb family.
Then on New Years Day of 2020, a drunk driver also plowed through the fence and struck the home.
Both incidents prompted councillor Todd Taylor to propose a guardrail for the bend.
Two more close calls happened on Christmas and on December 30th, with vehicle hopping the curb beside the property.