We need to know your views! Please fill out the following survey and hit the submit button. We need to have your address and family name to ensure that we do not get multiple entries. We also need your phone number to verify validity if required. All responses will be kept confidential and shared with the city!

If you have not been following the process in our community newsletter please scroll down and read the short background information that is located below the survey.

Note that the Colborne and Premier Way measures will be subject of a future survey.

Background to Questions

Question 1

In this question we are simply asking about process and personal adjustment.

Question 2

The circles on Frontenac at the moment are extremely ugly and have an excess of signage due to the legal liabilities that the city has if some reckless driver slams into the large concrete blocks. Your traffic committee would like to get the community through this ugly period ASAP. The city has committed to making the circles permanent if that is our decision.

Both James Waugh and Mark Russell two  residents renowned in the field of design have offered their services to ensure that things are carried out in good taste and will fit into the Mount Royal style.

The Frontenac / 10^th Street circle is working very well in the southbound direction but not too well in the northbound direction since the northbound drivers are failing to yield to cars in the circle. The permanent measure would have a larger island, removable diverter islands that would hopefully be gone once drivers figure out the circle and it would be redesigned to slow the Northbound traffic as well. The reason that the city put it in the way they did is because they want the bus to be able to fly through quickly this is where as a community we must insist that a bus behind schedule making up time is not more important than the safety of our children or seniors.

All issues such as driveways and blind alleyways would be addressed in the final design.

We are having a design meeting at the community center on Thursday March 18^th at 7 pm if you have a previously undefined problem or want to be part of the design process.

Important note the city will not let us add stop signs to Carlton or 10^th street because it is a bus route. We are also not allowed to add speed bumps.

 Both of these circles were completely checked out with the fire department, the police department and transit. The fire department used their actual trucks to ensure that things were fine.

 Question 3

The Talon Park extension has removed the preferred route of most of our cut through traffic. The intent is to simply expand the park area.

 Q uestion 4

We have many small intersections in Mount Royal which could handle the addition of small buttons similar to the ones in Elbow Park. These small buttons take away the straight thru feel of a roadway while at the same time maintaining full access in all directions. Possible locations for buttons would be on Royal Avenue , at 10^th and Laval , at Dorchester and 10^th, at Prospect and 12^th. These locations would all have to be discussed with adjoining residents but they could make partial closures on Hillcrest and Royal unnecessary. We are asking for your guidance should we be looking at them as a viable option in Mount Royal ?

 Question 5

This question covers off the how much do you trust the city to do what they say.

 Question 6

This intersection at Frontenac and 8^th street would lend itself very well to a traffic circle. It would make it impossible for 8^th street traffic to speed down the hill as they do now. Plus a circle combined with other non-restrictive measures on 8^th may make access restricting options unnecessary.

 Question 7

The benefit of a traffic circle for pedestrians is that the cars only come from one direction rather than multiple directions. Plus it is impossible for a driver to run a traffic circle like they can do at a STOP sign. The downside is that the car is not coming to a full (but noisy) stop. The permanent circles would slow drivers more than the temporary circles do now.  Landscaping will also slow the drivers down since they will lose their line of sight and slow down accordingly.

 Question 8

Our original plan had Royal Ave blocked entirely and Hillcrest made an exit only. It is obvious that Royal can not be full blocked which is why this option has become Hillcrest OUT and Royal IN with possibly some other small measures on Royal such as speed bumps or Buttons.

Neither Royal nor Hillcrest are designated as community collectors 8^th street is a community collector.

5^th street has been narrowed to one lane and the free flowing right turn off Elbow Drive onto 30^th has been removed. These major changes around us should push more traffic onto Hillcrest and Royal however traffic counts in the spring will give us more data in this regard.

 Question 9

A major cut through route in the afternoon is to come in 7^th proceed up to Hillcrest cross over to 10^th, up to Premier Way, over to Carlton, up to Council Way and on to Garrison Woods area. All of our traffic circles act as a hindrance on this route as does the 40km/hr on Premier and Council. The restrictions on 8^th do not help us if the traffic can fly up 7^th. For residents- it is just necessary to move over one short block and use 8^th. For cut through traffic closing this entrance has a huge effect.

 It is important to note that when this entrance was closed in the fall for a week the city and the community association received very few complaints and a great deal of gratitude from residents.

 It is also important to note that the Beltline area density is going to increase greatly over the next 10 years and 7^th street is going to be a very attractive cut through.

Last modified: February 24, 2004