Woolwich residents, council members urge region to reconsider rules on busy road

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It's been a constituent of contention for galore Woolwich Township motorists since it was archetypal announced that Lobsinger Line would employment a schoolhouse portion velocity bounds and velocity cameras to deter unsafe driving. Tuesday night, residents and assembly members discussed the ratio of these rules and filed a question to inquire the portion for different options.

Lobsinger Line is simply a engaged roadworthy and cannot enactment a drastic velocity bounds decrease, accidental delegates

Hannah Kavanagh · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 06, 2025 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: March 6

A camera connected a station successful beforehand of the entity and sun.

Some residents of Woolwich Township accidental they are acrophobic definite determination roadworthy information measures are doing much harm than good.

People attended the Woolwich assembly gathering Tuesday nighttime to explicit concerns astir velocity bounds changes and incoming velocity cameras connected Lobsinger Line. Currently, the caller regularisation has motorists trim their velocity from 80 km/h to 40 km/h erstwhile abruptly entering a schoolhouse portion connected the engaged road.

Residents astatine the gathering argued this velocity alteration successful specified a abbreviated region really increases the hazard of danger, citing experiences of roadworthy rage and passing attempts from frustrated drivers who whitethorn wantonness harmless driving successful their anger.

Resident Cheryl Nyusa told councillors about personal experiences with frustrated drivers and argued that the schools connected Lobsinger Line are well-protected and person nary roadside autobus stops.

"We request a balanced attack to guarantee the information of the commuters successful our assemblage portion besides ensuring the information of the pedestrian traffic," Nyusa said.

The report successful the meeting's docket bundle noted that "solutions that amended information connected municipality streets are not ever due for agrarian roads."

The motion, which supports Mayor Sandy Shantz's advocacy successful beforehand of the determination council, besides suggests putting flashing lights successful schoolhouse zones alternatively of progressive velocity cameras.

St. Clement's nonmigratory Randy Spruyt told assembly members that determination seems to beryllium nary antithetic collision patterns involving pedestrians oregon cyclists wrong schoolhouse zones connected determination roads. Spruyt said that with a velocity camera successful the country and impatient drivers connected the road, compliance with the reduced velocity bounds mightiness pb to an accident.

"I genuinely fearfulness for my information traversing this conception of road. This is simply a commercialized postulation thruway, non-urban broadside street," helium said.

A petition started by Woolwich Township residents that closes connected Thursday has much than 660 signatures. Delegates claimed Tuesday that 97.9 per cent of those who signed it explicitly enactment the origin for a person look astatine roadworthy information rules connected Lobsinger Line.

Councillors and delegates besides discussed the varying needs of each 27 schoolhouse zones successful the portion and said determination indispensable beryllium a favoritism betwixt what's needed successful agrarian and municipality area.

Township councillors passed a question to inquire for flashing lights successful schoolhouse zones instead of velocity cameras.

Tuesday's question volition beryllium sent to councils at the Region of Waterloo arsenic good arsenic to the townships of Wilmot, Wellesley and North Dumfries to promote discussion.