CITY SPEED PILOT PROJECT
LIFTS OFF ON SELECT STREETS
TRAFFIC on some Winnipeg roads will soon need to slow down.
The City of Winnipeg will reduce the speed limit to 30 km/h from 50 km/h on sections of four local streets known as “neighbourhood greenways,” with the first changes starting Monday.
Between July 12 and 23, city crews will install new speed limit signs, speed humps and intersection controls along the routes to support the slower speed limit for a one-year pilot project.
The changes will begin this week along Machray Avenue (between Fife and Main streets) and Powers Street (between Dufferin and Partridge avenues).
The speed will begin to drop during the week of July 19 on Eugenie Street (from St. Mary’s Road to Youville Street) and Warsaw Avenue (from Thurso Street to Pembina Highway).
Once new speed limit signs are posted, they will take effect immediately.