Proposed speed management and road safety improvements in Tillsonburg

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 Tillsonburg, Oxford County is recommending the following additional traffic calming measures.

Oxford Road 20 / North Street E

Broadway to Tillson Avenue

• Install new electronic feedback signs for westbound traffic just west of Ontario Southland Railway crossing and for eastbound traffic just east of Falcon Road.
• Implement a Community Safety Zone (CSZ) from Broadway to Tillson Avenue.
• Install controlled pedestrian crossing (PXO) at Coulthard Street / Braun Avenue (planned for 2025).

See the map

 
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)

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, November 22, 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 Wednesday, November 15, 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 November 22 County Council meeting, please check www.oxfordcounty.ca/council on Friday, November 17 when the council agenda and reports are published on the Oxford County website.

Contact for information

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

Download the handout version of this notice

For updates visit www.speakup.oxfordcounty.ca/road-safety-2023