Council approves speed limit reduction on all Rockwood streets
Cost of change - including new signs - estimated at about $10,000
BRUCEDALE – Guelph/Eramosa council has approved a comprehensive speed limit bylaw that will see all roads in Rockwood reduced from 50 to 40km/h.
The decision follows a committee of the whole meeting at which council was provided three options to address speeding concerns.
Council voted in favour of option three, which would see the limit on all municipally owned roads within Rockwood reduced, and also asked staff to apply the 40km/h limit to the Hamilton Drive subdivision, located off Highway 6 between Marden and Guelph.
According to a report shared with council, the change will require a total of 30 new signs, some of which will be new instillations while others will simply replace old 50km/h signs.
The total cost of the signs and additional posts is $5,800 with the total project cost being $9,800.
Council voted in favour of the change with councillor Bruce Dickieson opposed.
Dickieson told council he doesn’t believe that reducing the speed limit will reduce speeding, as “not everyone follows the rules.”
