Wenda Abel, Resident, appeared before the Committee and advised that she was pleased that the pedestrian crosswalk for Watson Street at the Waterfront Trail was approved, noting that its installation was a priority due to the pedestrian and vehicle traffic increasing as summer approaches. She enquired about the rationale to exclude the portion of Watson Street east of Charles Street from the Community Safety Zone and requested that consideration be given to include the eastern portion of Watson Street to Harbour Street. She stated that signage was in place for a speed limit of 40 km/h on streets in Whitby Shores and asked why a Traffic Study would need to be undertaken prior to lowering the speed limit to 40 km/h in Port Whitby. Ms. Abel noted the area residents’ frustration due to the continued speeding and aggressive driving as speed limits remain at 50 km/h. She stated that it was counterintuitive not to lower the speed limit to 40 km/h throughout Port Whitby in tandem with the Community Safety Zone on Brock Street and Watson Street. Ms. Abel stated that the installation of speed humps on Watson Street East and Charles Street south of Watson Street was a high priority to reduce speed, aggressive driving, and heavy trucks on busy residential streets. Ms. Abel noted that speed humps could be approved and installed quickly. She stated that the signalization at the intersection of Brock Street and Watson Street was urgent due to children, school buses, transport trucks, and speeding vehicles in the area. She requested that a pedestrian crosswalk or a crossing guard be implemented right away at this intersection to provide children safe passage across the street to board school buses and travel to Watson Park. Ms. Abel stated that the on-road planters, wayfinding signage, construction traffic rerouting, and radar speed feedback signage were helpful but provide little contribution to deter speeding, aggressive driving, and truck incursion. She indicated that the Port Whitby safety and traffic control measures have not been updated to reflect changes in conditions for 10 years, noting the number of years of advocacy by her neighbour which has finally resulted in a plan for solutions. She urged Council to be proactive and to direct Staff to prepare implementation timelines for the traffic calming measures to make Port Whitby safer.