Traffic study flags Hamilton Avenue safety
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The City of Winnipeg will work to make Hamilton Avenue safer, citing more than 100 collisions on the roadway between 2015 and 2019.
A traffic study assessing safety on Hamilton (primarily between Buchanan Boulevard and Saskatchewan Avenue) notes pavement markings will be added to slightly narrow the lanes, which could help mitigate speed. In addition, a four-way stop will be created at the intersection of Hamilton Avenue, Crestview Park and Parkhill Street, where multiple Winnipeg Transit stops will be consolidated to better protect pedestrians.
“This will encourage Transit users to cross Hamilton Avenue at the four-way stop where it is safer, as opposed to farther east where there is no traffic control on Hamilton Avenue,” a public service report notes.
Additional changes will also be considered but require further study and budgets before they can be approved, the report notes. That could include traffic calming measures, such as curb extensions, speed tables and speed display boards. A school crosswalk at Hamilton Avenue and Rogan Drive could also be enhanced with rapid flashing beacons.
The report notes Hamilton is a four-lane residential collector road in the St. James ward, with a speed limit of 50 km/h.
Of the 114 collisions reported in the area between 2015 and 2019, 27 caused non-fatal injuries and two caused fatal injuries.