On January 1, 2025, the City of Hamilton will implement a policy for speed cushions/humps/bumps (pick your favourite term) to bring consistency to the installation of traffic-calming features.
The primary objective of the new policy is to ensure the installation of traffic calming measures on one street does not cause unintended diversion of unsafe traffic behaviours to other nearby streets.
But first, council members are rushing to pass new installations completed before the policy arrives. Voters love it when their councillor installs traffic calming measures on their street.
On Tuesday, Council’s Public Works Committee approved the installation of up to 55 new speed “cushions” using ward councillor discretionary funds.
The total budget approval is $267,000.
All these speed cushions are approved for installation this fall.
Councillors approved up to 55 speed cushions (sorted by Ward):
- Napier Street between Locke Street North and Queen Street North [up to three] (Ward 1)
- Melbourne Street between Dundurn Street South and Locke Street South [up to two] (Ward 1)
- Hill Street between Dundurn Street North and Poulette Street [up to three] (Ward 1)
- Newton Street between Barclay Street and King Street West [up to three] (Ward 1)
- Haddon Avenue South between Westwood Avenue South and Stroud Road [up to four] (Ward 1)
- Lower Horning Road between Whitney Avenue and the bend [up to four] (Ward 1)
- Bay Street North between Harbour Front Drive / Strachan Street West and Picton Street West [up to three] (Ward 2)
- Picton Street East between James Street North and Hughson Street North [one] (Ward 2)
- Meadowvale Avenue [one] (Ward 5)
- Dulgaren Street between Dysan Avenue and Eleanor Avenue. [up to two] (Ward 6)
- Fletcher Road between Showcase Drive and Bellagio Avenue, in proximity to Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Elementary School. [up to two] (Ward 9)
- Watercrest Drive between Seabreeze Crescent and Glover Road [up to two] (Ward 10)
- Grassyplain Drive between Glancaster Road and Archer Way [up to three] (Ward 11)
- Orchard Drive between Wilson Street West and the Spring Valley Arena [up to two] (Ward 12)
- Algonquin Avenue between Mohawk Road and Oneida Boulevard [up to four] (Ward 12)
- Tuscarora Drive between McNiven Road and Tomahawk Crescent [one] (Ward 12)
- Hiawatha Boulevard between Cayuga Avenue and Algonquin Avenue [up to two] (Ward 12)
- Seneca Drive between Oneida Boulevard and Algonquin Avenue [up to two] (Ward 12)
- Cayuga Avenue between Mohawk Road and Iroquois Avenue [up to two] (Ward 12)
- Oneida Boulevard between Algonquin Avenue and Tomahawk Crescent [up to five] (Ward 12)
- Helen Street between #51 Helen Street and the top of the crest that leads into the Dundas Driving Park [one] (Ward 13)
- Gemini Drive between Upper Paradise Road and Cranbrook Drive [up to four] (Ward 14)
Production Details v. 1.0.0 Published: September 4, 2024 Last updated: September 4, 2024 Author: Joey Coleman Update Record v. 1.0.0 original version