Neighbourhood Traffic Calming
The Corporation of Delta employs a public involvement process to develop traffic calming plans for neighbourhoods. Traffic calming is the use of mainly physical measures to reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle use, alter driver behaviour and improve conditions for non-motorized road users. Traffic calming can be installed as a retrofit improvement to an existing neighbourhood or in newly constructed neighbourhoods as a design feature.
- View the Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Policy and Procedures - { pdf 2.9MB }
- View the Neighbourhood Traffic Calming Policy Presentation - { pdf 2.3MB }
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The Official Community Plan of the Corporation of Delta classifies arterial roads, collector roads and local roads. Sometimes motorists can develop a pattern of using a road in a manner that was not intended, such as using a local road as a through route or traveling at excessive speeds. Traffic calming restores roads to their intended function and corrects motorist behaviour. The need for a traffic calming project can be identified from studies by staff, directives from Council and petitions from residents. The Traffic Calming Process involves public participation and group decision making to find solutions to concerns a neighbourhood may have. The six steps of the Traffic Calming Process are indicated in a flow chart adjacent. A public awareness program will accompany a traffic calming project. Adequate advice to local and through traffic will be provided prior to the implementation of any traffic calming project. Traffic calming projects can be implemented in three ways:
The Municipality will conduct a performance review of installed traffic calming plans. The review considers the operational, social and sometimes environmental aspects of the traffic calming installations. |
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