To address ongoing speeding concerns on McClocklin Road, 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. 

Completed Engagement 

In spring, 2023, the community provided feedback on proposed additional traffic calming measures on McClocklin Road through a community survey and community meeting. View this feedback in the McClocklin Road Traffic Calming Engagement Summary Report.  

Contact Us

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

Median islands were installed at several locations on McClocklin Road in response to residents’ concerns with speeding in the early development of the neighbourhood. The Hampton Village Neighborhood Traffic Review (NTR) was completed in 2017 and recommended a number of traffic calming measures in the Hampton Village Neighborhood, including horizontal traffic calming measures (median islands and curb extensions)  to address speeding concerns on McClocklin Road. Recent traffic data and ongoing resident concerns indicate speeding is still an issue.

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 uses 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 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. The following neighbourhood traffic review videos contain valuable information about traffic data collection and traffic calming devices.

Neighbourhood Traffic Review Data Collection and Analysis

Traffic Calming

Traffic Observations

Traffic data was collected several times to assess the effectiveness of the traffic calming measures that have been installed on the street.

The collision data from the most recent five years indicated that there was an average of 3.2 collisions per year with inattentive and driving too fast as the two main contributing factors. Based on the latest speed studies, the existing horizontal traffic calming measures along this stretch of McClocklin Road seems to be inadequate to reduce speeds to the posted speed limit. 

The Hampton Village neighbourhood is located on the west portion of Saskatoon and is bound by 37th Street to the south, McCallum Way to the west and Claypool Drive to the north. McClocklin Road is a collector roadway that provides an entrance into the Hampton Village neighborhood from Claypool Drive.

To address speeding concerns on McClocklin Road, horizontal traffic calming measures (median islands and curb extensions) were installed. Recent traffic data and ongoing resident concerns indicate speeding is still an issue.

Draft Traffic Plan

*Original Draft Traffic Plan Recommendation 1 was a series of chicanes. Further consultation with stakeholders found this recommendation to no longer be attenable due to operational concerns. Recommendation 1 was replaced with a series of speed cushions.

** Speed Cushion: Speed cushions are traffic calming devices designed as several small speed humps installed across the width of the road with spaces between them. They are generally installed in a series across a roadway resembling a split speed hump. The design of a speed cushion forces cars to slow down as they ride with one or both wheels on the humps. However, the wider axle of emergency vehicles such as fire trucks and ambulances, allows them to straddle the cushions so there is no significant impact to response times.