Increased residential traffic calming on the agenda for Kingston, Ont., council

Two years after an accident that claimed a child's life the City of Kingston is set to consider increased residential and school zone traffic calming efforts at its next meeting.

In the wake of a tragic accident in January of 2022, which claimed the life of a young girl, there has been a stronger push in the City of Kingston for traffic calming efforts in residential neighbourhoods and around schools.

As part of those efforts, the city enacted a pilot project that has seen increased speeding violations as well as a reduction in speed limits to 40 kilometres per hour in the Westwoods and Strathcona Park neighbourhoods and 30 in front of the schools there.

Brian Cox is a longtime resident of the Strathcona Park neighbourhood.

He feels it’s made at least some difference in his area.

“To me it has. I’ve slowed down and I try and be aware of the children in the area,” said Cox.

However, he said some people still aren’t abiding by the new rules.

“People sort of come off Princess Street onto Indian Road and come around the corner and they’re moving pretty fast,” he added.

A staff recommendation going to the council on Tuesday will, if approved, mean these regulations will be slowly rolled out across all of the city’s residential neighbourhoods and school zones.