Lowering more speed limits across Vaughan
To further advance the City of Vaughan’s commitment to road safety, speed limits are being reduced in five additional Vaughan neighbourhoods – one in each ward – and along 15 City roadways. Approved by Council on March 21, 2023 (PDF), speed limits in these areas will be reduced from 50 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour. The new speed limit signs are being installed now through September 2023.
Reduced speed limits are coming to the following areas (PDF):
- Ward 1 – neighbourhood bounded by Teston Road, Keele Street, Major Mackenzie Drive and Jane Street
- Ward 2 – neighbourhood bounded by Highway 7, Pine Valley Drive, Steeles Avenue and Kipling Avenue, excluding Islington Avenue and Highway 407
- Ward 3 – neighbourhood bounded by Teston Road, Weston Road, Major Mackenzie Drive and Pine Valley Drive
- Ward 4 – neighbourhood bounded by Major Mackenzie Drive, Bathurst Street, Rutherford Road and Dufferin Street
- Ward 5 – neighbourhood bounded by Centre Street, Bathurst Street, Steeles Avenue and Dufferin Street, excluding Clark Avenue
And on the following 15 City roadways (PDF):
- Ansley Grove Road – from Blue Willow Drive to Chancellor Drive
- Arrowhead Drive
- Avro Road
- Binscarth Crescent
- Condotti Drive
- Freedom Trail
- Golden Forest Road – from Margarita Road to Golden Forest Road
- Green Acres Road
- Hawkview Boulevard
- Maurier Boulevard
- Nimbus Place
- Rose Green Drive
- St. Padre Pio Gardens
- Sungold Court
- Treelawn Boulevard
Approved by Council on June 22, 2021 (PDF), the Speed Limit Policy sets and adjusts appropriate speed limits throughout the City’s street network to continuev to help ensure a safe community for all road users, including motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, and to address growing urbanization.
Evidence suggests that lowering speed limits, especially in residential areas, can effectively reduce the risk of severe injury or even death due to a motor vehicle collision.
The Speed Limit Policy is exclusive to municipal roads and focuses on four areas within Vaughan’s road network: rural roadways, built-up/urban areas (including school zones), public laneways and select neighbourhoods. The first step in the policy was to reduce speed limits in all school zone areas in Vaughan, which was completed in September 2021, then in all public laneways, which was implemented in December 2021. In September 2022, speed limits in five select neighbourhood areas, one within each ward, were reduced from 50 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour.
For more information on the City’s Speed Limit Policy, visit vaughan.ca/SpeedPolicy.
The Speed Limit Policy is part of MoveSmart, which directs the City’s vision to provide a transportation system that is safer, more efficient and sustainable. The strategy will be reviewed and updated every five years. Progress on its implementation is reported annually to Council. For more information, visit vaughan.ca/MoveSmart.
#SlowDownVaughan
Continuing the City’s dedication to road safety, free #SlowDownVaughan signs (PDF) are available for you to download and place on lawns and windows to encourage drivers in your neighbourhood to slow down. They are also available for pickup at local community centres and Vaughan Public Libraries’ three Resource Libraries – Bathurst Clark, Civic Centre and Pierre Berton.
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