Whereas the ‘road diet’ on Dixie Road from Lakeshore Road to Rometown Drive vehicle lanes were previously reduced from four-lanes to two-lanes with the space reallocated for on-street, painted, dedicated cycling lanes based on the 2015 Dixie Road Bikeway Feasibility Study (Study);
And whereas, that Study was completed prior to the Region of Peel’s Sustainable Transportation Strategy (February 2018), the revised Ontario Traffic Manual Book 18 - Cycling Facilities (September 2021), Lakeview Village Project, Rangeview Estates, potential development of the Dixie Mall plaza site, several applications on Lakeshore Road with considerable density and consideration being given to the Peel 2051 Growth Plan;
And whereas, traffic volumes have already increased significantly since the Study;
And whereas, the current practice is to implement facilities that promote and encourage multi-modal travel by providing infrastructure for a wide range of users;
And whereas, constructing separated cycling facilities or a multi-use trail will promote and encourage cycling for all cyclists and safer passage along Dixie Road;
Therefore be it resolved:
- That Regional staff be directed to complete a new Study to further explore opportunities, in consultation with the residents and cycling committee members, to provide separated cycling facilities or a multi-use trail for Dixie Road from Lakeshore Road to Rometown Drive; and
- That the purpose of the motion is to include an updated Study in the 2023 Capital Budget funded from Roads Reserve R0210 which will consider improvements to Dixie Road from Lakeshore Road to Rometown Drive.