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There is no sidewalk along 7th Street West between Cassils Road and 4th Avenue West. School children walk along this street and have to walk in the roadway, which is zoned 50 km/hr. It's a safety issue. C/N would like to see a sidewalk installed or at the very least the speed limit changed.
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The road was re-paved in 2013 (cost: $219,270) and at that time sidewalks were considered. After observing pedestrian levels and speaking to adjacent property owners, it was decided not to install sidewalks.
The Safe Communities Committee discussed this issue on Wednesday May 11th. They decided not to make a recommendation to install sidewalks (due to the previous decision that they were not necessary) and not to expand the 30 km/hr zone due to the short length of the street (traffic can likely not accelerate too aggressively in the short distance between the two stop signs).
The Safe Communities Committee did recommend that a Caution sign be installed on the street, alerting motorists to the fact that pedestrians may be walking on the roadway. An image of the proposed new sign is attached. The sign would be installed on the street light pole on the west side of the road at the alley north of Laurel Place.
Traffic patterns will continue to be monitored to see if additional measures need to be taken in the future.
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The pole that the “Caution” sign was to be installed on is actually the property of a third party utility company, and there were discussions with staff surrounding the process to install a sign on the property of the third party, which caused the delay in installing the sign.
Council Committee discussed the concern regarding the speed limit on 7th Street West at their meeting yesterday (June 28th) and have decided to expand the 30 km/h zone from 4th Avenue to Laurel Place. School/playground zone signs are required to be installed, and the timeline for the installation of the signs will be discussed with the Manager of Public Works and Utilities upon his return to the office on July 11th
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