Operations Committee Meeting

the City of Greater Sudbury implement a winter sidewalk maintenance pilot project in the 2023-2024 winter season which will see the addition of three (3) seasonal sidewalk plow operators who will be dedicated to performing winter sidewalk maintenance continually throughout the week at a total cost of $277,000; AND THAT the cost to fund the pilot project in the amount of $97,000 for 2023 and $180,000 for 2024 be funded from the Winter Control Reserve Fund, as outlined in the report entitled “Winter Sidewalk Maintenance Service Standards Options for Implementation During the 2023-2024 Winter Season”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Operations Committee meeting of September 18, 2023.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves the 2023 ranking list for traffic calming eligible roadways as outlined in the report entitled “2023 Traffic Calming Update”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Operations Committee meeting on September 18, 2023.

the City of Greater Sudbury amends the traffic calming policy to lower the daily traffic volumes required on local roads to warrant the installation of traffic calming measures from 900 vehicles per day to 500 vehicles per day and to include additional scoring for road segments which are identified as cycling routes in the Transportation Master Plan as outlined in the report entitled “2023 Traffic Calming Update”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Operations Committee meeting on September 18, 2023.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves the winter maintenance plan for the active transportation network as outlined in the report entitled “Active Transportation Winter Maintenance Plan 2023”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Operations Committee meeting of September 18, 2023.

residents of Soloy Drive are concerned about unsafe driver behaviours, including excessive speeds along that roadway; AND WHEREAS residents of the area believe pedestrians are not safe to walk along this road due to excessive speeding; AND WHEREAS Soloy Drive is used as a cut through between Attlee Avenue and Beatrice Crescent leading to the Adanac Ski Hill and Rotary Park; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to conduct a traffic study of Soloy Drive, and present the results of that study together with any proposed recommendations to the Operations Committee once it is completed.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury implement a winter sidewalk maintenance pilot project in the 2023-2024 winter season which will see the addition of three (3) seasonal sidewalk plow operators who will be dedicated to performing winter sidewalk maintenance continually throughout the week at a total cost of $277,000; AND THAT the cost to fund the pilot project in the amount of $97,000 for 2023 and $180,000 for 2024 be funded from the Winter Control Reserve Fund, as outlined in the report entitled “Winter Sidewalk Maintenance Service Standards Options for Implementation During the 2023-2024 Winter Season”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Operations Committee meeting of September 18, 2023.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the 2023 ranking list for traffic calming eligible roadways as outlined in the report entitled “2023 Traffic Calming Update”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Operations Committee meeting on September 18, 2023.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury amends the traffic calming policy to lower the daily traffic volumes required on local roads to warrant the installation of traffic calming measures from 900 vehicles per day to 500 vehicles per day and to include additional scoring for road segments which are identified as cycling routes in the Transportation Master Plan as outlined in the report entitled “2023 Traffic Calming Update”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Operations Committee meeting on September 18, 2023.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the winter maintenance plan for the active transportation network as outlined in the report entitled “Active Transportation Winter Maintenance Plan 2023”, from the General Manager of Growth and Infrastructure, presented at the Operations Committee meeting of September 18, 2023.

WHEREAS residents of Soloy Drive are concerned about unsafe driver behaviours, including excessive speeds along that roadway; AND WHEREAS residents of the area believe pedestrians are not safe to walk along this road due to excessive speeding; AND WHEREAS Soloy Drive is used as a cut through between Attlee Avenue and Beatrice Crescent leading to the Adanac Ski Hill and Rotary Park; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to conduct a traffic study of Soloy Drive, and present the results of that study together with any proposed recommendations to the Operations Committee once it is completed.