The Metropolis of Brandon is continuous with the Velocity Restrict Discount Pilot Undertaking and will probably be decreasing the pace restrict to 40 km/h in two neighbourhoods beginning Thursday, June 1, 2023 and a 3rd neighbourhood on July 1, 2023.
The primary two neighbourhoods impacted with a pace discount to 40 km/hr as of June 1, 2023:
- Parkdale: thirty fourth Road, Richmond Avenue, twenty sixth Road and Maryland Avenue
- Riverheights: Northwest of Victoria Avenue and thirty fourth Road to Metropolis limits and Assiniboine River
The third neighbourhood impacted with a pace discount as of July 1, 2023:
- Princess Avenue East from 1st to 13th St E (40 km/hr)
- Streets surrounding Rideau Park, together with Lorne Ave E, Park St and Franklin St (30 km/hr)
Indicators will probably be posted indicating when motorists are coming into and exiting a decreased pace restrict neighbourhood.
Velocity restrict enforcement will probably be carried out by Brandon Police Service all through the decreased pace restrict neighbourhoods. Metropolis workers will probably be accumulating information to evaluate the enforcement wants related to a decreased pace restrict and decide if visitors calming is required to help in enforcement.
How Lengthy Is This Velocity Examine?
The decreased pace restrict areas will probably be in impact for at the very least one yr and till a suggestion is established by the Imaginative and prescient Zero Process Drive relating to default pace limits for all the Metropolis.
Periodic information assortment, together with show and discrete radar detection, will probably be administered at varied places in several seasons and street situations to find out how efficient pace restrict discount is by itself and underneath what situations visitors calming is important to help in enforcement. Numerous visitors calming strategies will probably be examined in beneficial areas primarily based on noticed non-compliance with decreased speeds.
Your suggestions is efficacious and will probably be used as suggestions to Brandon Metropolis Council. The Metropolis of Brandon 2023 Velocity Examine Survey is open to all members of the general public. The survey is open till July 15, 2023.
Questions on this venture will be directed to the venture supervisor, Samuel van Huizen, Site visitors and Transportation Planner at 204-729-2105 or s.vanhuizen@brandon.ca.
