The Creemore
Echo
Friday, June 24, 2016 Vol. 16 No. 26
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Residents petition council for traffic calming by Trina Berlo A group of Creemore residents is hoping Clearview will hear their concerns and implement traffic-calming measures in the village. Elizabeth Street East resident Doug Mills, on behalf of the citizen group, made a presentation to council on June 13 requesting additional stop signs and lowered speed limits. He said Creemore is a “walking village” without sidewalks on Elizabeth and Mary streets or the west end of George Street and the village is a destination for tourists, hikers, cyclists and area residents attracted by its charm and numerous special events, but some motorists pay little regard to the current 50 km/h speed limit in residential areas. Traffic counts done by the Clearview Community Policing Committee, which does support the traffic calming initiative, show that a high per cent travel at or below the speed limit or, at what the OPP consider to be a tolerable rate of speed. The community group believes local people skew the data and it is the through traffic coming from the arterial roads that is travelling at a
Staff photo: Trina Berlo
Creemore residents Doug Mills (from left), Carol Ray and Linda Coulter are asking Clearview Township council to consider traffic calming measures in the village, especially where there are no sidewalks. higher rate of speed. In the past decade, says Mills, about 25 new houses have been built on the east side of Creemore, specifically on Edward and George streets and there
are new houses on Mary and Elizabeth streets, said Mills. They point out, a stop sign at Mary and Edward was removed. Mills, with fellow residents
Carol Ray and Linda Coulter, has circulated a petition throughout the neighbourhood and more than 95 per cent of the 75 households supported traffic calming measures. The group is asking specifically for a four-way stop at the intersection of George and Mary streets, to discourage speeding and make the intersection safer. They are also advocating for stop signs on Elizabeth Street East at Library Street (either reversing the existing signs or making the intersection a four-way stop) and another on Mary Street at Francis Street East, making it a three-way stop, to calm traffic in the area of Gowan Memorial Park and Creedan Valley nursing home. They say Mary Street is currently unsigned and unimpeded for a 1.75 km distance from County Road 9 to George Street. In addition to the stop signs, they are requesting a speed limit of 30-40 km/h be imposed throughout the village, supported by adequate signage to inform drivers of the risk to pedestrians. Council directed staff to bring a report back on July 18.
Garden tour to benefit Georgian Triangle Humane Society by Trina Berlo On Saturday, June 25, see what’s behind the red gate on Wellington Street West. June Reed is opening her garden as a fundraiser for the Georgian Triangle Humane Society. June volunteers her time to visit with the cats at the Humane Society location in Collingwood and her husband Graham volunteers at the society’s fundraising second hand store, Treasure Tails. Together they also spend much time in the garden. June is the designer of about seven flowerbeds, however she often calls on help from Graham, who jokes he is just cheap labour. June’s gardens contain a variety of plants with a centre garden
dedicated to roses, which are June’s passion. Graham is in charge of their four vegetable gardens, for which he says he has developed a passion of his own. The garden, located at 31 Wellington Street West will be open from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Entry is by donation with a suggested minimum of $5. The Georgian Triangle Humane Society takes in homeless dogs and cats within the Georgian Triangle. Although it has no formal boundaries, its catchment area includes Clearview Township, Wasaga Beach, Collingwood, Blue Mountains and Meaford. For more information about programming, donations and adoption, visit gths.ca.
Staff photo: Trina Berlo
See what's behind the red gate this Saturday.
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