Don’t expect the City of Delta to reduce the speed limit along Arthur Drive in Ladner.
The Transportation Technical Committee last month discussed correspondence from a local resident requesting to reduce the speed limit for the roadway from 50 km/h to 30 km/h.
Engineering staff noted Arthur Drive is designated as an arterial roadway in the Official Community Plan and carries a high volume of traffic.
It is also an important transit and emergency services route, connecting Ladner and Tsawwassen. Committee members did not support downgrading the roadway or reducing the current speed limit. They also felt that there would be low compliance with the posted speed limit reduction.
Engineering staff, however, will review ICBC crash data along the corridor and conduct a traffic signal warrant analysis at the intersection of Arthur Drive at 45 Avenue.
Committee members also discussed upcoming crosswalk improvements along Arthur Drive north of 47 Avenue and at 45 Avenue.
The engineering department will also look at opportunities for continued road safety education through the development of Delta’s planned Vision Zero Strategy, aimed at reducing traffic fatalities and collisions throughout the community.
According to the most recent Delta Police statistics, there were 831 traffic collisions overall in the city in 2021, from January until the end of September, that’s up from 628 over the same period in 2020.
