Guelph-Eramosa chose to restrict heavy trucks on both Indian Trail between Wellington Road 29 and 44 and Sixth Line between Wellington Road 124 and Sideroad 20 at the June 10 meeting.
Indian Trail
“The main issue was Indian Trail between Wellington Road 29 and 44 where there was notice from staff and from residents of heavy trucks travelling on that road being a bit of a safety concern and also accelerating the deterioration of that road,” said director of public works director Harry Niemi.
“So it’s a rural surface street road, it has just a narrow road surface.”
Guelph-Eramosa installed a traffic counter from April 10 to 18 and about 21 per cent of the vehicles were travelling at or below the posted speed limit while about 45% of the vehicles were traveling at or above the posted speed limit.
“Truck traffic is only about 1% so it’s not a huge truck route but even those number of trucks, coupled with the speed of the trucks and the surface conditions that are the platform width, we’re recommending that we prohibit heavy trucks on there and keep the trucks on the county road and Highway 7 as opposed to bending through our roads,” Niemi said.
Sixth Line
The Sixth Line between Wellington Road 124 and Sideroad 20 currently has signs prohibiting heavy truck traffic, however it is not included in a bylaw.
“In order to make that actually enforceable I’m proposing that we amend the bylaw,” Niemi said.
Council voted to amend the bylaw and restrict heavy truck traffic on both road sections.
“Makes sense to me,” Mayor Chris White said. “I think the GPS is driving people down that road and we spent a ton of money fixing 44 and Highway 7 so that’s where these guys should be.”
