January 5, 2012 Dear Sir,

RE: MISSING SPEED SIGNS

Throughout Winnipeg, many speed limit signs are missing and at this time, I wish to address three very high risk locations that that are missing the speed limit sign. These locations are all required to be signed since they are 60 km/h zones and all have school zones and pedestrian crosswalks located after the point where the signs are missing. It is the city's practice to place speed limit signs in pairs on opposing directions of a roadway over short intervals. Usually, the signs will be placed at each side of an intersecting roadway. The last speed sign on Henderson Hwy preceding the school zone and pedestrian crossing near Leighton is near Edison which is too far away to have much effect at these locations. The pedestrian crossing being referenced is probably most well known for being the site of a fatal pedestrian/vehicle collision last summer. Henderson is signed on NB north of McLeod, but is missing the sign on SB south of McLeod. The sign on SB is obviously required since there is already a sign on the NB side. Speed limit signs are also placed after intersections with arterial roadways and truck routes. In this case, if the roadway being signed is a truck route, the speed sign is placed immediately after the route marker for traffic leaving the intersection. The NB side of Pembina is properly signed north of McGillvray with a speed sign found immediately after the Route 42 north marker. The Route 42 south marker on SB south of McGillvray is present, but the speed limit sign right after is missing. This missing sign is before many pedestrian crosswalks and a school zone south of Chevrier. This sign's absence has created a 2.6 km gap between speed postings on Pembina Hwy SB. Portage Ave WB has the proper Route 85 west marker placed after the intersection with Century, but just like Pembina, the speed limit sign is missing. Also comparable with Pembina is the presence of a school zone after the location of this missing sign. The absence of proper speed limit signing in zones higher than 50 km/h will make these areas indistinguishable from unsigned 50 km/h zones and erode the 50 unless otherwise posted rule. This will confuse motorists and extend speeding problems from these zones into lower speed areas. All of the above referenced locations involve traffic entering photo enforcement sites. Mobile units are seen at these locations on a regular bases which indicates a speeding problem. Enforcement can only be successful in achieving safety with the proper road infrastructure present. Traffic will not slow down unless they have the required signs telling them to do so. The continued absence of these signs can be interpreted as negligence on the part of the city and may pose as a liability when accidents occur at these locations into the future. The cost of safety is not worth the revenue taken in from photo enforcement. It is my request that the city replace these missing signs to improve the safety on the roadway for school children, pedestrians and motorists.

2 Sincerely,

January 13, 2012

Chris Sweryda