Sherwood Park Drive area traffic calming feasibility review
The City of Vaughan explored traffic calming measures and physical features to help address the needs of residents who live on Sherwood Park Drive, Wedgewood Place and Alberta Drive, and business owners in the commercial plaza at Keele Street and Rutherford Road.
Project updates
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Sherwood Park Drive area traffic calming feasibility online survey. The survey closed on Feb. 14. View the survey results (PDF).
Your feedback helped inform additional traffic calming measures that the City, in collaboration with York Region, will implement in the area this summer. These measures include:
- speed cushions on Sherwood Park Drive and speed cushions on Alberta Drive.
- stop bumps at the intersection of Sherwood Park Drive and the commercial plaza.
- shifting the median on Keele Street to extend the northbound left turn lane at the intersection of Keele Street and Rutherford Road.
To date, several traffic calming measures have been implemented in the area, including physical curb extensions and roadway markings, radar message boards, a speed limit reduction and a turn restriction pilot on Rutherford Road.
Following a feasibility review of various traffic calming measures and physical features, the City and York Region identified several measures – changes to the median on Keele Street, stop bumps and speed cushions – for the community to consider and comment on.
Traffic calming measures are physical features and road designs that can help:
- reduce traffic volume.
- reduce vehicular speeds.
- reduce the number and severity of collisions.
- improve pedestrian and cyclist safety.
- improve the quality of the environment.
Using feedback from this public consultation process, the City, in collaboration with York Region, will implement either a pilot program or a permanent approach in the area.