Item - 2022.TE34.200

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Directed the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services  to request the City Clerk to poll eligible householders on Wychcrest Avenue, between Melita Crescent (west intersection) and Melita Crescent (east intersection), to determine whether residents support the installation of traffic calming (speed humps) in accordance with the City of Toronto Traffic Calming Policy.

2. Subject to favourable results of the poll:

a. Authorized the installation of traffic calming (speed humps) on Wychcrest Avenue, between Melita Crescent (west intersection) and Melita Crescent (east intersection); and

b. Directed the City Solicitor to prepare a by-law to alter the roadway for the installation of four speed humps on Wychcrest Avenue, between Melita Crescent (west intersection) and Melita Crescent (east intersection), generally as shown on the attached drawing No. 421G-3448 dated June 2019, from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services.

I am writing to respectfully request your support to re-poll residents of Wychcrest Avenue, between Melita Crescent (west intersection) and Melita Crescent (east intersection), in order to install speed humps on their street.  Residents of the street previously requested for the installation of speed humps a couple of years ago; however, the process was truncated due to an unfavourable poll.  Recently, there have been renewed concerns on the street around speeding and other forms of reckless driver behavior that endanger kids.  Following confirmation that the moratorium date has elapsed, my office has worked with traffic operations staff to poll eligible residents once again.