CENTRAL MANITOULIN—Responding to requests from residents, council of the Town of Central Manitoulin has reduced the speed on municipal roads in the municipality’s hamlets (villages) to 40 kilometres an hour and is sending a request to the province to do the same for highways going through those communities. The move came after a recommendation was received by council from the roads committee.
The motion calls for the speed limit in the municipal “hamlets” of Providence Bay and Mindemoya be posted at 40 kilometres per hour—and further that staff send a request to the Ministry of Transportation that the highway corridors through these hamlets also be lowered to a posted 40 kilometers per hour.
Following the passage of the motion, Councillor Derek Stephens asked if the changes would require another bylaw to come to council. CAO Denise Deforge noted that the motion will be issued in as changes to the existing roads bylaw.
