Update: Princeton, Plattsville, Woodstock and Zorra

Update: May 25, 2022

At its meeting of May 25, 2022, Oxford County Council passed the following resolution with respect to Report No. PW 2022-26 - Speed Management and Road Safety Reviews - Princeton, Plattsville, Woodstock and Zorra:

Resolved that the recommendations contained in Report No. PW 2022-26 tilted “Speed Management and Road Safety Reviews - Princeton, Plattsville, Woodstock and Zorra” be subject to maintaining the speed limits and speed zones currently in place on Oxford Road 2, Princeton and Douro Street, Plattsville.

Community information and consultation

March 14, 2022

Since 2019, Oxford County has been undertaking speed management, traffic calming and road safety investigations to improve safety on County roads.

Road safety reviews have considered road design, need for stop signs, road crosswalk sight lines, traffic speed and volume, speed zone limits, collision data and other factors that have an effect on how traffic moves through a community. The studies use an evidence-based approach in recommending both near and longer-term road safety measures. Read the Council report

Understanding speeding factors

Oxford residents have expressed concerns about speeding, and this is only likely to continue with Oxford County's strong population growth. Whether it's in a rural or urban community, speeding poses a serious risk to public safety and even property.

Many factors play a role in speeding. What is known through research is that posted speed limit signs do not slow down traffic, and that changing speed limit signs often results in no significant changes to driving speeds.

Rather, most drivers travel at a speed they consider to be comfortable, regardless of posted speed limits. For this reason, the County's recommendations for controlling speed on roadways focuses on proven measures to reduce speed, like electronic speed feedback signs, traffic calming measures (centre delineators, pavement markings), and community entrance features (landscaping, street lighting, gateway signs) to provide visual cues that drivers are entering a residential or commercial area.

Learn more

Do you have questions about the road safety reviews in your community or want to learn more?

• ATTEND YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL MEETING. Oxford County staff will present results of the road safety reviews on the following dates:

• ATTEND THE OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. This includes a public meeting during which members of the public can delegate to make a presentation or state comments.

This meeting will be streamed live at www.oxfordcounty.ca/livestream then recorded and posted to www.oxfordcounty.ca/council. If you would like to delegate at the public meeting, send a message to the County Clerk, Chloe Senior, at csenior@oxfordcounty.ca.

• CONTACT THE PROJECT LEAD. You can send a message directly to the project lead: Frank Gross, Manager of Transportation and Waste, at fgross@oxfordcounty.ca.