Category: Traffic Management

From a resident. All the residents of Downey and connecting streets are calling on the 2 of you Bold enough and Generous enough to forget about ward boundaries and think as Guelphites. Mayor Farbridge recognized our concerns and sent a Team of Specialists from the Guelph Municipality. Our request to you, is to put an […]

From a resident. We were pleased to see immediate action taken following Wednesday’s meeting, in the form of an electronic sign recording and displaying speed as vehicles passed on Downey. I am confident this is a step in the right direction. Attached is a document outlining the concerns and and suggestions with the proposed changes […]

Press release. Stone Road East between Village Green Drive and Victoria Road South will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday, June 23, for approximately two weeks. Through traffic will be detoured along Victoria Road South, Arkell Road and Gordon Street during the road closure. Drivers are advised to follow signed detours or, if possible, […]

Press release. raffic on Wellington Street will be reduced to one lane in the westerly direction from Gordon Street to Edinburgh Road starting Monday, June 16. The reconstruction of Wellington Street , from Gordon Street to approximately 200 m west of McCrae Boulevard, is tentatively scheduled to begin on Monday, June 16, 2014 with anticipated completion by […]

Press release. Goldenview Drive to Conservation Drive is now open to motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. “We completed road repairs early this morning and opened Victoria Road North,” said Nello Violin, manager of roads and right of ways . “The City would like to thank the Grand River Conservation Authority and the Ontario Ministry of the […]

Staff memo. As of this morning – Thursday June 5, 2014 Re-construction of the Victoria Rd. North culvert is underway with full excavation complete as of the end of the day Wednesday. Upon day lighting of the full culvert length, its condition was determined to be poor and irreparable. City staff in consultation with the […]

An interesting idea that I will take to Staff. I was biking down the rail trail that follows the Speed between Speedvale and Norwich yesterday when it occurred to me that all the stop signs on the trail are for the cyclists at each road intersection. I remember noting this when the trail was first […]

Press release. The City of Guelph has closed Victoria Road North from‎ Goldenview Drive to Conservation Drive as part of the road has given way. The road collapse occurred on Saturday afternoon and was caused by an opening in the culvert beneath the surface of the road. Staff immediately excavated the area to prepare for […]

Press release. The City of Guelph is set to resume construction on Gordon Street and Wellington Street this spring. The City is undertaking construction on Gordon Street and Wellington Street in support of the development at 40 Wellington Street . This project involves the reconstruction of Gordon Street from Wellington Street to the Gordon Street Bridge, as well […]

Staff memo. I am pleased to advise you that we have completed the implementation of our first reduced speed zone in front of an elementary school. It is located on Forest Street in front of the Cornerstone Christian School. The reduced speed zone is a 30km/h zone only, as Forest Street is not an arterial […]