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Clayton, Tuohey and Murchie immediately had a steep increase
in eastbound traffic, peaking at the evening rush hour. The
residents of that area deserve immediate relief from that
problem. Those residents complained loud and long to
Council. The traffic committee was directed to come up
with some solution. I attended the traffic committee
meeting of February 26th. Many proposals were put on the
table for discussion. JI was the only private individual
attending other tnan the representatives of Clayton,
Tuohey/Murchie. I made it clear that I was sympathetic to
their sudden increase in traffic but any solution proposed
had to address the very long standing problem of excessive
traffic on Patricia and Hastings. When I left the meeting
we were talking in terms of no left hand turn signs on
Kitchener or stop signs along the route to discourage
traffic. We were not taking about removing the traffic
island and going back to page ane for the residents of
Patricia and Hastings.

To my Surprise when I phoned City Hall on Tuesday, March 3rd
ta inquire about the next Traffic Committee Meeting, I was
told that the traffic island was ordered removed and
Patricia and Hastings would have to find another solution

to their problem. Four years of complaining, 4 Town Hall
meetings and a promise ag recent as October 1991 and the
experiment was over, Three weeks is not a fair test!

What persiiasive powers do the residents of Clayton/Tuohey
and Murchie have that the residents of Patricia and Hastings
lack? I wish I knew, If I had known that they were this
good, I would have hired them long ago to argue on my

behalf.

Safety is repeatedly brought up as a concern. The residents
of Clayton/Tuohey and Murchie quite rightly argue that their
Streets are too narrow for the volume of iraffic. I agree.
In canvassing the area I was surprised at the number of
parents on Patricia and Hastings who do not trust their
Ghildran to play in their front yard for fear that the
children may wander too close to the busy road. Those same
parents indicate that they may move simply because of their
traffic concerns, no cther reason, just traffic. This is

unacceptable.

In talking to resident at the south end of Hastings Street I
learned that the traffic is so backed up that it routinely
takes six to eight traffic light changes to get from
Hastings onto Lougheed. One gentleman told me that car
exhaust fumes were so strong that he could not leave his
house windows open, front or rear. Residents on Hastings
encounter long delays in simply getting onto Hastings
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