Temporary Traffic Calming

TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAMS

Traffic safety is one of my top priorities for our community. Working together to find innovative ways to slow down our streets and calm our neighbourhoods is one of the many initiatives that my team and I work hard on to ensure that roads in Gloucester-Southgate Ward remain safe. 

The City of Ottawa has developed two programs that focus on implementing measures on our roadways to slow vehicular traffic and help improve community safety – Neighbourhood Traffic Calming and Temporary Traffic Calming Measures (TTCM) Program.

NEIGHBOURHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING

The Neighbourhood Traffic Calming (NTC) program involves using design strategy and permanent physical measures on neighbourhood streets to achieve a reduction in traffic speeds. NTC is generally considered for local and collector roads when they do not qualify for infrastructure enhancements available through other City initiatives. Engineered modifications under the NTC program can include speed tables, pedestrian crossovers, medians, roadway narrowing, and much more.

Examples of streets that have been calmed or are undergoing NTC development in Gloucester-Southgate Ward include: 

In the Planning Phase

In the Design Phase

In the Implementation Phase

The NTC program is a more comprehensive study, and there is a long list of streets across the city competing for funding under this stream.  While permanent measures are desirable, they also come at a considerable cost. To ensure that more streets in our city benefit from traffic calming, the city created the Temporary Traffic Calming Measures Program. 

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES PROGRAM (TTCM)

The Temporary Traffic Calming Measures (TTCM) facilitates the installation of effective, low-cost traffic calming measures that are temporary and/or seasonal in nature. These measures can be easily installed once the plan is created and approved. TTCM offers safety solutions for areas that often do not meet criteria for permanent roadway modifications. 

Each Ward Councillor is allocated an annual budget for TTCM. The type of measure along with the implementation location is selected by the Ward Councillor following consultation with Ward residents and technical TTCM Program staff. 

We have many streets that have been calmed through the TTCM Program and new streets are added each year.

At the start of this year, I conducted a survey on the temporary traffic calming measures implemented in 2024. Residents of Gloucester-Southgate were invited to have their say and provide feedback on measures installed in the 2024 season.

Based on the content shared surrounding speeding, non-compliance to stop signs, TTC placement, and more, my staff and City Staff explored the addition of new TTCM measures as well as modifications to existing ones.

Below you will find a list of the most recent streets to have received TTCM approval.

  • New speed pavement marking on Scarlet Court from Lorry Greenberg Drive to Lorry Greenberg Drive
  • Flex stake modification on Cahill from Bank Street to Albion Rd South

 

  • Addition of stop flex stakes on Albion at intersection of Wyldewood and Albion

 

  • Implementation of Stop Ahead pavement markings on Blohm, near Johnston
  • Addition of centreline stop flex stakes on Johnston at Tapiola East and West

 

  • Installation of flex stakes at PXO on Lorry Greenberg, near Silverlace Private

 

  • New Stop Ahead pavement markings on Cahill at Albion 
  • Flex stakes and delineators on Hunterswood Crescent, from Blohm
  • Two new flex stake locations at PXOs on Lorry Greenberg
    • Lorry Greenberg, between Huntersfield and Bramblegrove
  • Lorry Greenberg at Pike Park
  • Albion Rd between Hunt Club and Bank St: cyclo-delineators
  • Blohm from Winnegreen to Winnegreen: delineators and flex stakes
  • Intersection of Bridle Path & Trappers: stop flex stakes
  • Intersection of Queensdale & Albion Rd South: Stop flex stake
  • Intersection of Queensdale and First: stop flex take
  • Huntersfield from Lorry Greenberg to Depper Place: pedestrian crossover (PXO) flex stake and flex stake on
  • Johnston Rd from Southgate to Kiwanis: Flex stake delineators
  • Karsh from Blohm to Blohm: flex stakes with delineators
  • Stedman St from Parkin Circle to Meandering Brook: delineators
  • Taj Cres from Taj Cres to Blohm: flex stakes

Speed Board Locations (Current): 

  1.  Albion Rd – from Massicotte Lane to Brampton St
  2. Albion Rd – from Brenda Cres to Cahill Dr
  3. Allanford Ave – from Johnston Rd to Arista Crt
  4. Apple Hill Dr – from Hank Rivers Dr to Brigham Way
  5. Blohm Dr – from Johnston Rd to Sai Cres
  6. Cahill Dr – from Marlin Pvt to Marlin Pvt
  7. Conroy Rd – from Johnston Rd to Lorry Greenberg Dr
  8. Conroy Rd – from Park Lane to Lynch St
  9. D’Aoust St – from Quail Run to Timbermill St
  10. Heatherignton Rd – from Albion Rd S to Bannerhill Pvt
  11. Hunt Club Rd – from Esson St to Blohm Dr
  12. Johnston Rd – from Duntroon Cir to Allanford Ave
  13. Johnston Rd – from Ewing St to Baslaw Dr
  14. Lorry Greenberg Dr – from Bramblegrove Cres to Huntersfield Dr
  15. Meandering Brook – from Deer View Ave to Hidden Meadow Ave
  16. Mory St – from Albion Rd to Autumnwood St
  17. Pebble Rd – from South Keys Pl to Cahill Dr
  18. Pike St – from Castlegreen Pvt to Huntersfield Dr
  19. River Rd – from Lowen Dr to Balmoral Dr
  20. Rosebella Ave – from Eight St to Sixth St
  21. Sable Ridge Dr – from Sable Ridge Dr to Quail Run Ave
  22. Sai Cres – from Blohm Dt to Blohm Dr
  23. Sixth St – from St. Bernard St to Bellmanor Crt
  24. Stedman St – from Wild Iris Ave to Meandering Brook Dr
  25. Tapiola Cres –  from White Clover Pvt to Rastila Cres
  26. Thurston Dr – from Conroy Rd to Thomas Spratt Pl
  27. Trappers Rd – from Alderwood St to Farriers Lane
  28. Uplands Dr – from Downpatrick Rd to Gibford Dr
  29. Zaidan Dr – from Inverkip Ave to Margrave Ave

Speed Board Locations (Coming Soon):

  1. Conroy Rd – from Lorry Greenberg Dr to Hunt Club Rd
  2. Forestglade Cres – from Blohm Dr to Nobleton Ave (2nd entrance)
  3. Hunt Club Rd – from Dunston Terr to Cahill Dr (replacement)
  4. Johnston Rd – from Ewing St to Blohm Dr
  5. Lester Rd –  from Meandering Brook Dr to Dearborn Priv
  6. Melva Ave –  from Kemp Dr to Elma St
  7. Tapiola Cres – from Johnston Rd to Johnston Rd
  8. Wisteria Cres – from Vintage Lane to Mosswood Crt

We will continue to update this page to showcase further new additions/modifications and seek your input.