Item - 2024.SC16.25

The Scarborough Community Council:

1. Authorized the installation of speed humps on Dundalk Drive, between Ellesmere Road and Antrim Crescent.

2. Directed the City Solicitor to prepare a by-law to alter the roadway for the installation of nine speed humps on Dundalk Drive, between Ellesmere Road and Antrim Crescent, generally as shown on the attached Drawing Nos. TC-322 and TC-323 to the letter (September 16, 2024) from Councillor Michael Thompson.

3. Subject to approval of Recommendations 1 and 2 above, reduced the speed limit from 40 km/h to 30 km/h on Dundalk Drive, between Ellesmere Road and Antrim Crescent, in conjunction with the installation of speed humps.

Speeding along Dundalk Drive, and adjacent streets, is creating a dangerous situation for residents in this neighbourhood. Combined with Antrim Crescent and Glamorgan Avenue, these roads are regularly used as a ‘cut through’ or alternate route to Ellesmere Road by drivers to avoid delays and traffic on Kennedy Road. This driver behaviour does not consider the safety of residents, students and the school community at Glamorgan Junior Public School, visitors to Glamorgan Park and residents at 39 Dundalk Supportive Housing, who walk on the street throughout the day.

I am very concerned for the safety of residents, specifically children and seniors.

In June, I hosted a community consultation in the area. Overwhelmingly, residents identified pedestrian and road safety as a high priority, sharing accounts of close calls from high speeds and reckless driving that threaten their daily safety.

The installation of speed humps is one of the tools available that can be implemented both to deter speeding and use of these streets as an alternate route.