Keeping our community safe with Vision Zero Guelph, Ont., April 26, 2023 – Vision Zero, a Council-approved outcome of the Transportation Master Plan, guides the City’s plans to design roads and related infrastructure (e.g., traffic calming, signals) to reduce the chance of death or serious injury if a collision happens. “We’re human and collisions will happen,” says […]
Category: Traffic Management
Guelph releases 2017-2021 collision report
Guelph’s 2017-2021 collision report shows an overall decline in total collisions, while the percentage of collisions that resulted in an injury stayed the same. Collision reports are updated each year with data from the most recent four-year period. The reports identify stretches of roads and intersections where collisions most often occur and include information about […]
Six new red-light cameras to help make Guelph roads safer
Guelph, Ont., July 8, 2021 –The City is installing six red-light cameras this summer−one per ward− throughout Guelph. The cameras will go live sometime in the fall. “Running a red light is more likely to cause significant injury than any other type of collision,” explains Steve Anderson, manager of Transportation Engineering. “Installing red-light cameras in […]
Help us shape how we travel around Guelph
Provide feedback as part of Guelph’s Transportation Master Plan by December 4 Guelph, Ont., November 12, 2020 – We’re sharing our progress and looking for your feedback on values, goals and possible options for Guelph’s Transportation Master Plan. Whether you walk, ride a bike, take a bus, drive a car or use some other form of […]
Should Guelph lower speed limits?
Complete the online survey by November 30 Guelph, Ont., November 9, 2020 – Whether you drive, walk, bike, ride transit or use a mobility device to travel around Guelph, we want your feedback on speed limits in our city. Take the online survey by November 30 to tell us: How you feel about the possibility […]
Construction notice: Portion of Speedvale Avenue and Woolwich Street intersection closed for repairs August 7 to 8
Speedvale Avenue Reconstruction Project Notice date: July 31, 2020 About the project The City is working with Capital Paving Inc. to repair utility trenches and road services at the intersection of Speedvale Avenue and Woolwich Street. Work starts August 7 Work is expected to start at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 7 and should be […]
Ward 2 Town Hall – March 23, 2019
Hello Ward 2! Everyone is invited to join Ward 2 Councillors Rodrigo Goller & James Gordon this Saturday, March 23rd, to talk about getting around Guelph. We want to hear what you have to say about our public transit system, active transportation and traffic calming measures. Your City Councillors will also give you updates on […]
1st snowfall of 2014/15 winter
Staff memo. We have had our first snow flurries of the 2014/15 season this morning. Our Road Patrol is reporting road temperatures at +2C causing the snow to melt on impact. As a result there is no winter control snow clearing/de-icing action being taken at this time. Road Patrol will continue to monitor the conditions. […]
Further sampling and tests required before resuming work on watermain
Press release. Earlier this month, crews unearthed eight drums filled with industrial solvents during construction of the Paisley-Clythe feedermain near the Wellington Street/Hanlon Expressway interchange. The City halted the work, removed the liquid and is working with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) to determine next steps before removing any remaining […]
City removing eight buried drums from Wellington Street construction site
Press release. Construction crews have discovered a total of eight 170-litre (45-gallon) drums while working on a construction site north of Wellington Street. Preliminary chemical analysis shows the drums contained solvents or petroleum-based substances. The City will begin removing the drums for disposal as requested by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change […]