To address ongoing speeding concerns on Adilman Drive and Goerzen Street, the City engaged with the community to gather input on proposed additional calming measures. The results of this engagement will inform the project plan by providing resident concerns and comments on the proposed traffic calming measures. 

Traffic Calming Community Ballot 

The traffic calming measures have been finalized and a community ballot was circulated to the affected residents to gauge their support of the traffic calming plan. The ballot closed on March 29th, 2023.

Completed Engagement

This spring, the community provided feedback through a community survey and community meeting. View this feedback in the Adilman Dr. and Goerzen St. Traffic Calming Engagement Report. 

Once the traffic calming measures have been finalized, a community ballot will be distributed in winter 2024 to assess residents' support for the proposed traffic calming measures. 

Contact Us  

Comments and questions can be provided by email, telephone, or mail using the contact information below.  

The Silverwood Heights Neighborhood Traffic Review (NTR) was completed in 2018 and identified a number of traffic calming measures in the Silverwood Heights neighborhood. 

To address speeding concerns, horizontal traffic calming measures (median islands and curb extensions) were installed at both Adilman Drive and Goerzen Street.

Recent traffic data and ongoing resident concerns indicate speeding is still an issue for both streets.   

What is traffic calming? 

Traffic calming is the use of physical measures to reduce the negative effects of motor vehicles use, alter driver behavior and improve conditions for all road users including pedestrians and cyclists. Traffic calming measures are a means to address traffic and safety issues such as speeding and shortcutting.

Traffic Calming Measures

The City of Saskatoon can use a number of traffic calming solutions including:

• Education (e.g. speed display boards, education campaigns)
• Horizontal Deflection (e.g. curb extensions, median islands, traffic circles)
• Vertical Deflections (e.g. raised crosswalk, speed cushion)
• Access Restriction (e.g. diverter, directional closure, full closure)

Not all tools used will be applicable to each traffic concern and proposed traffic calming plans need to be tailored to address the specific traffic issues.

To learn more about what traffic calming is, when and where it can be used, and what the positive and negative impacts of applying traffic calming measures can be, please view the Traffic Calming Guide.

Adilman Drive is a major collector roadway that connects to Wanuskewin Road within the Silverwood Heights neighbourhood.

Background

The City of Saskatoon undertook a Neighbourhood Traffic Review (NTR) in Silverwood Heights in 2017. The comprehensive review, which included gathering input from area residents and traffic analysis, resulted in a traffic improvement plan that was presented to City Council on May 28, 2018. This plan, as well as more information about the NTR process, is available at saskatoon.ca/NTR.

The final plan included several measures to calm traffic within the Silverwood Heights neighbourhood, such as median islands and curb extensions.

Following the implementation of the traffic calming measures identified in the traffic plan, the City observed that the measures on Adilman Drive were proving ineffective at reducing speeding. In May 2023, the City hosted a public drop-in session to present a traffic plan with additional traffic calming measures for Adilman Drive and Goerzen Street. After receiving feedback on the traffic plan, the City revised the traffic plan and sent out a flyer to determine the level of community support. 

Update

In February 2024, the City sent out a survey to gauge community support for the revised traffic calming plan for Adilman Drive. A minimum of 60 percent support from surveyed households was required to advance the traffic calming measures to the next phase of the process.

Based on the results of the survey, most of the proposed traffic calming measures will not be installed because the responses received did not meet the 60 percent support required for the traffic calming measures to proceed.

The temporary curb extensions installed at Spencer Crescent / Rowles Road to improve pedestrian safety will be installed permanently as funding allows. The temporary median island installed at Russell Road to improved stop compliance will be installed permanently as funding allows.  The rest of the existing temporary measures will be removed.

Temporary curb extensions will be installed at Broadbent Avenue to improve pedestrian safety.

Feedback

Surveys were distributed to 515 households. A total of 130 responses were received. The survey results for each proposed traffic calming measure are summarized below.

Goerzen Street is a major collector roadway that connects Wanuskewin Road and Russell Road within the Silverwood Heights neighbourhood.

Background

The City of Saskatoon undertook a Neighbourhood Traffic Review (NTR) in Silverwood Heights in 2017. The comprehensive review, which included gathering input from area residents and traffic analysis, resulted in a traffic improvement plan that was presented to City Council on May 28, 2018. This plan, as well as more information about the NTR process, is available at saskatoon.ca/NTR.

The final plan included several measures to calm traffic within the Silverwood Heights neighbourhood, such as median islands and curb extensions.

Following the implementation of the traffic calming measures identified in the traffic plan, the City observed that the measures on Goerzen Street were proving ineffective at reducing speeding. In May 2023, the City hosted a public drop-in session to present a traffic plan with additional traffic calming measures for Adilman Drive and Goerzen Street. After receiving feedback on the traffic plan, the City revised the traffic plan and sent out a flyer to determine the level of community support. 

Update

In February 2024, the City of Saskatoon sent out a survey to gauge community support for the revised traffic calming plan for Goerzen Street. A minimum of 60 percent support from surveyed households was required for the traffic calming measures to advance to the next phase of the traffic calming process.

Based on the results of the survey, the proposed traffic calming measures will not be installed because the responses received did not meet the 60 percent support required for the traffic calming measures to proceed.

The existing temporary measures on Goerzen Street will be removed.

Feedback

Surveys were distributed to 90 households. A Total of 27 responses were received. The survey results for each proposed traffic calming measure are summarized below.

Existing and Proposed Traffic Calming Measures