Winnipeg, MB – Drivers will be slowing down starting this weekend in select areas of Winnipeg as part of the Reduced Speed Neighbourhood Pilot.
Crews will install new speed limit signage in the pilot neighbourhoods in two phases:
Phase 1: March 4-5
- Bourkevale – reduced to 30 km/h
- Tyndall Park South – reduced to 30 km/h
- Richmond West – reduced to 40 km/h
Phase 2: March 11-12
- Worthington – reduced to 40 km/h
The speed limit reductions will be in place for approximately one year. The goal of the pilot is to determine whether changing the speed limit in residential areas changes how fast vehicles actually travel, and whether the change affects neighbourhood livability and residents’ quality of life.
Signs advising of the impending speed limit change were installed in each neighbourhood in mid-February. Residents of the areas were also provided notification by mail along with an invitation to participate in a pre-pilot survey.
Winnipeggers will be invited to share their perspectives on speed limits as part of a larger city-wide engagement phase in early 2024.
What we hear through both phases of engagement will, alongside the traffic analysis, help us make recommendations on the future of city-wide residential neighbourhood speed limits.
More information on the pilot is available at: winnipeg.ca/reducedspeedneighbourhoods.