The playground on Muzzy Drive cost just over $100,000 and opened in July (Michael Joel-Hanson/paNOW staff)

By Alison Sandstrom

Playground safety

Councillor claims he was lied to about speed bump

Sep 19, 2019 | 2:09 PM

Two months after a new playground was built, Crescent Acres residents are concerned about speeding cars. They want to see a speed bump installed on Muzzy Drive across from the park.

“There’s a lot of traffic, and traffic going maybe a bit too fast for that area,” councillor Dennis Ogrodnick told paNOW after a committee meeting Wednesday. “I’ve had residents complain to me about the speed of some vehicles. I believe for safety it’s a must.”

The councillor’s comments come during a week in which police have sounded alarm bells over speeding in school zones.

Currently the speed limit on the busy Muzzy Drive corridor is 40 kilometres per hour. A speed bump would slow that to school zone limits of 30 km/h. The addition would also alert motorists that children could be crossing in the area.

Ogrodnick claimed that speed bumps to be put in by the city were part of the package when the project was proposed to the community during consultations.

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“I told the director [of public works] that I am going to knock on every single door and say I was lied to by administration, because I’m not going to be the liar. This was part of the plan that there was supposed to be a speed bump there,” Ogrodnick said during the meeting.

City officials said the city is following protocol to bring a request to have the speed bump installed to a forthcoming council meeting.

“We want to make sure that everyone who’s using that corridor is going to be safe,” Parks Manager Tim Yeaman said. “If it requires a speed bump, I’m sure that administration and the director of that department will make sure that the appropriate decision is made in consultation with council.”

Ogrodnick hopes that the traffic-slowing device can be installed before freeze-up.

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