With strong population growth and increased traffic across our communities, Oxford County has been undertaking speed management, traffic calming, and road safety investigations over the past four years to improve safety on County roads.

As a result of reviews in the Township of South-West Oxford, Oxford County is recommending additional traffic calming measures to roads in these areas: 

About the recommendations

Road safety reviews have considered local community perceptions of road safety, the need for stop signs, warning signs and/or crosswalks, traffic speed and volume, posted speed, speed zone limits, collision data and other factors that impact how traffic moves through a community.

Speeding, which poses a serious risk to public safety and property, is influenced by factors other than posted speed limits. Research has shown that speed is largely influenced by the surrounding driving environment and that most drivers travel at a speed they consider comfortable. For this reason, the County’s recommendations focus on proven measures to reduce speed by adjusting speed zone boundaries and providing visual cues, like: 

• electronic speed feedback signs
• traffic-calming measures (centre delineators, pavement markings)
• community entrance features (landscaping, street lights, gateway signs)

Proposed changes in South-West Oxford

Oxford County is proposing changes to improve road safety in the Township of South-West Oxford in Foldens, Sweaburg, Culloden, Verschoyle, and Dereham Centre. For more details and maps about the proposed changes for each community, please visit www.oxfordcounty.ca/roadsafety2023.

Foldens (Oxford Road 6 and Oxford Road 12)
Proposed road safety improvements include new electronic feedbacks signs, adjusted 60 km/h zone limits, extended street lighting, and relocated boundary signs.

Sweaburg (Oxford Road 12)
Proposed road safety improvements include new electronic speed feedback signs, adjusted 60 km/h zone limit at the west end, a 70 km/h speed zone at the west limit of Sweaburg to a point west of Trillium Line intersection, extended street lighting, and relocated boundary signs.

Culloden (Oxford Road 10)
Proposed road safety improvements include new electronic speed feedback signs, adjusted 60 km/h zone limits, extended street lighting, and relocated boundary signs.

Verschoyle (Oxford Road 10)
Proposed road safety improvements include flexible centre line delineators at the north and south approaches to Verschoyle, as well as near the midway point of the village, and adjusted 60 km/h zone limits at the north and south ends of the road.

Dereham Centre (Oxford Road 27)
Proposed road safety improvements include new electronic speed feedback signs, adjusted 60 km/h zone limits at the west and east ends, new street lighting, and relocated boundary signs.

Presentation to Oxford County Council

The proposed road safety changes are before Oxford County Council next month for review and consideration. Members of the community are invited to learn more and/or to present comments at Oxford County Council as a delegate:

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Council meeting starts at 9:30 a.m.
Watch live online at www.oxfordcounty.ca/ livestream 

If you would like to present comments to County Council, you must make a request to the County Clerk at clerksoffice@oxfordcounty.ca by June 7, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. You can fill out a delegation request form online at https://forms.oxfordcounty.ca/Council/Council-Delegation-Request-Form.

To read the full Council report that will be considered at the June 14 County Council meeting, please check www.oxfordcounty.ca/council on Friday, June 9 when the council agenda and reports are published on the Oxford County website.

Contact for more information

Frank Gross, C.Tech.
Manager, Transportation and Waste Management
Oxford County
fgross@oxfordcounty.ca
519-539-9800, ext 3120 

This notice issued May 17, 2023. 

Visit https://speakup.oxfordcounty.ca/road-safety-2023