'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
38Great, reduce the speeds, frustrate drivers and taxpayers, spend more on signage, so we can give even more on the OPP budget that is already far too high. 🙄 This is a waste of time and resources.
13- Derick.Lehmann
'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
12Makes sense much sense. Should have done this in the first place…
28- SSaddie
'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
28No! It's ridiculous to treat every road situation the same. University avenue is already set too low at 50, for a five-lane road with set-back sidewalks. And good luck keeping the buses on schedule, since they too will be slowed down.
4- Wylder
'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
22The problem really isn't the 50kph limit, the problem is people doing 60 and over in 50 zones. Unfortunately Doug Ford is in favour of speeding and has taken the most effective solution off the table.
9- Richard Mount
Taxpayers group slams Ontario MPPs 'loathsome' new pay raise
28Their pay raises should be tied to the inflation rate.
- Dennis Woodman
Taxpayers group slams Ontario MPPs 'loathsome' new pay raise
25And they should have to account for the hours they "work". And show tangible accomplishments.
1- Onlooker
'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
15I live on a locally designated road near downtown and have seen a dramatic increase in speed and volume. Traffic calming is about reducing speeds and short cutting on local and collector roads. Reduced limits is an inexpensive and effective measure. You could keep the higher limits on the arterial routes.
11- Downtown Core
Taxpayers group slams Ontario MPPs 'loathsome' new pay raise
25I agree with Dennis W.Tie the increase to inflation.The wages in the government sector have got out of control.
- Curious 1
'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
21If this is only to reduce the damage to pedestrians when they are hit, what are the odds of their being hit? As others have said, there is the frustration of drivers to contend with and excess expense of her signage. How often will speeding be enforced - thus bringing a hoped for windfall of money to the city,? A lot more constables will have to be hired to have an effect on speeding. Other than a perception of more safety, will it actually have an effect?
4- Holly Levinter
'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
18Have these 2 councillors got nothing better to do…they are like a broken record.
6- WhoWhatWhy
Taxpayers group slams Ontario MPPs 'loathsome' new pay raise
23Minimum wage has nothing to do with a huge increase in politicians' salaries. MPPs should be required to document their hours of work, time in the legislature and accomplishments. But most important of all is the timing and perception of this raise on top of their huge raise last year. To the hardworking, debt ridden constituents this is an outrage.. Ford says he has a heart and concern for Ontarians yet he is the most extravagant premier Ontario has even had, throwing our money away on pet projects, wild dreams of a legacy, feeding his supporters while ignoring the importance of his honest duty. Further the fears of his actions led him to change the FOI rules.
- Holly Levinter
Council green-lights oversized stop signs at downtown intersection
15"This behaviour represents an issue that is more effectively addressed through enforcement, rather than an engineering solution," wrote McIsaac to Tomkins.Typical dismissive rubbish from McIsaac. We DON'T HAVE traffic enforcement in Orillia - it's far too expensive to put cops at the side of the road - and McIsaac knows it.An engineered solution makes a lot more sense in many ways. If you solve the problem you don't need the enforcement and everybody is happy. I'll bet that the new stop signs cost less than a couple of hours of OPP time. So why is McIsaac fighting it?
8- Onlooker
Taxpayers group slams Ontario MPPs 'loathsome' new pay raise
22Overpaid to attend 90th birthdays and cut ribbons.
- Paul Bell
Orillia tenant wins ruling in dispute over Barrie Road 'home'
22So happy to see the slumLord Preston finally get what he do rightfully deserved. Sad part is he ll just keep being a slum lord
- HolidayG
Orillia tenant wins ruling in dispute over Barrie Road 'home'
22Two names known in Orillia as slum lords. I am glad that these two got what was coming to them.
- jascoldwell
'Everything is a fight': Family warns others to scrutinize insurance after explosion
21"But, in reality, it’s their job to save money. They will only do the bare minimum and will fight you every step of the way where they need to in order to do that." This is indeed the ugly truth about insurance companies.
- David Hawke
Taxpayers group slams Ontario MPPs 'loathsome' new pay raise
20We should get to vote on their pay raises. They work for us.
- ElizabethMK
Taxpayers group slams Ontario MPPs 'loathsome' new pay raise
7I have no issues with Fords pay raise. The Premier of Ontario should be making more than a CEO of a Hospital.
13- crazymom
'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
16If community response has been positive , let me be the first to disagree.
3- Dennis Woodman
'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project
12Speed cameras work the best. They are a tax on those who do not feel they need to follow speed limits.Ford did away with them so he and the crew don't get caught cruising up the 400 to the cottage at the speed limitAlberta has Radar and their traffic is closer the the posted signs.Maybe we need more RADAR enforcement , that ties up a higher paid officer then the cameras
7- BRIAN Hare
