Traffic Calming Removal Process

The requesting resident must submit a petition to initiate the traffic calming removal process. A minimum of 60 per cent of households within the petition boundaries must support the removal in order to proceed to the next step.

Email trafficcalming@oakville.ca with your address and contact details to receive a petition template and boundaries for the petition area. Once we receive your petition, we'll review to determine if it is eligible to proceed and will provide further instructions within two weeks of receipt of your request. 

• If the petition does not meet the 60 per cent threshold, the request does not proceed further.
• If the petition meets the threshold, it moves to Step 2 of the traffic calming removal process.
• Staff will provide the next steps and timelines to the petition representative within two weeks.

A speed study is required to determine if a street meets the required thresholds to qualify for removal of traffic calming measures. Speed studies are typically conducted in the spring or fall. If the request reaches step one in November, the speed study will be conducted in the spring of the following year.

If the results show that the operating speeds are below the established traffic calming thresholds, the measures will remain in place and will not be removed.

If the speed study shows that operating speeds still exceed the traffic calming threshold, indicating the measure is ineffective, staff will move on to Step 3.

If the speed study shows that operating speeds still exceed the traffic calming threshold, indicating the measure is ineffective, staff will conduct a traffic calming removal survey. This survey will be sent to the same households that were surveyed during the original traffic calming implementation.

• If fewer than 30 per cent of surveyed households respond, no further action will be taken, and the request will not proceed.
• If 30 per cent or more of households respond, and over 50 per cent of respondents support the removal, the request will be prioritized through the Town’s budget process.

Once a traffic calming measure is removed, a five-year moratorium will be placed on that road, during which no new traffic calming requests will be accepted.