The 'traffic-calming measures' include raised crosswalks, curb extensions and centre medians on Old Harwood from Chapman Drive north to the western leg of Lax Avenue.

A public meeting will be held in the spring to gather ideas and input. From that, council will review the staff plan, with construction to start in the fall.

During a recent meeting of council's community affairs and planning committee, Ward 4 local Councillor Pat Brown pointed to the money the Town is spending on slowing down traffic.

"Mr. Taxpayer, you can reduce your taxes by slowing down. This is a major cost to the Town if every street had traffic calming on it. This is what it costs for driving recklessly in our town," Coun. Brown stated.

Murray Walker, a traffic analyst for the Town, said if residents are in support, "we will develop a traffic-calming measure."

Support means 50 per cent of residents on a street responding to a request, with 60 per cent of those supporting it, he noted.

Old Harwood is the only street scheduled for traffic calming this year. Streets being considered next year include: Finley Avenue from Westney Road to Lake Driveway, and Rands Road from Finley to Westney; Ravenscroft Road from Westney to Delaney Drive; Ritchie Avenue from Westney to Kingston Road; Delaney from Church Street to Westney; Elizabeth Street from Old Kingston Road to Kearney Drive South; and, Linton Avenue from Sherwood Road West to Kearney Drive South.

Ritchie Avenue is in Ward 3 and local Councillor Joanne Dies said, "We've tried everything to slow traffic down. There's not much left."

She noted stop signs have been put in, lines painted on roads, but motorists continue to speed on the street.

"A lot of it is short-cutting traffic," Mr. Walker said.

"It's an ongoing problem," Coun. Dies stated. "I'm down there all the time. I don't know how people can speed with all those stop signs."