The County has officially withdrawn the proposal to convert Mile Hill Road into a one way street. This outcome validates the concerns raised by our community regarding traffic flow and local accessibility. I appreciate the time taken by everyone who engaged in this effort to ensure our neighborhood needs remained …
March 30, 2023
STOP the MILE HILL RD ONE WAY Proposal. Public Meeting Jan 11, 2023 Sports Complex 4-6pm.
Final supporters
The County of Brant is proposing that Mile Hill Road in Paris become a one way road heading South (up the Hill).
The County says this change is a means to improve the safety of the road for vulnerable users. The County claims it will calm traffic by changing to a one way road, narrowing the vehicle lane. The County also states this will prevent cut through traffic from new developments that currently travel north down the hill.
This one way Mile Hill Road proposal caters specifically to a small number of seasonal users and disregards numerous daily residential users. It will have a great negative effect on traffic in the surrounding community as well as emergency services for several areas of the town of Paris. This One Way Mile Hill Road proposal ultimately does not address the root cause.
This proposal will no longer allow residents of South Paris that live on Mile Hill Road or down at the bottom to enter their neighbourhood from Powerline Road at the top of Mile Hill Road. Residents wishing to get home to South Paris from the Brant Sports Complex, the 403 Highway, or West Brantford will have to travel north on Rest Acres Road closer to downtown in order to get home.
If this proposal becomes a reality, it will cause more congestion towards downtown Paris by forcing a large group of residents to use roads they normally wouldn't use to get home. This proposal will also cause more cut through traffic in the neighbourhoods behind the Pioneer gas station as residents attempt to avoid traffic congestion to get to their homes in the South Paris area. This in turn will cause safety issues for those neighbourhoods.
This Mile Hill Road One Way proposal will also require emergency service vehicles to go around on Rest Acres Road. For argument sake - If there is an emergency situation in the neighbourhood at the bottom of Mile Hill Road that requires urgent Police attention, drive time for the OPP will increase from 2 minutes to 7 minutes to get to the same destination if starting at the Brant Sports Complex on Powerline Road.
This proposal also fails to address the actual safety concern of Mile Hill Road which is the speed used while vehicles are driving North and South on Mile Hill Road. This includes cyclists.
Mile Hill Road is a 40km/hr road and there are no traffic calming countermeasures installed on the road to ensure that speed limit is followed. If that speed limit of 40 km/hr was followed there would be no safety concerns for any of the users of Mile Hill Road.
Please sign this petition it is free- you do not need to donate. If the site asks for a donation simply close the page, DO NOT DONATE, we are not asking for any funds. You will have already signed the petition.
If you did, thank you for attending the public meeting on January 11 from 4 - 6 pm at the Brant Sports Complex (944 Powerline Road).
Going forward, let your Local representatives know that you expect a better, more creative solution which forces users of Mile Hill Road to abide by the speed limit in order to create a safe two way road for all users. Council will vote on this proposal soon (early Spring).
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 10, 2023
January 10, 2023
The number of signatures is nearing five hundred. Please distribute this petition to your neighbors so that our community can demonstrate the full extent of this opposition before the upcoming public meeting.
Reached 100 supporters
December 11, 2022
December 9, 2022
The momentum behind this petition is substantial as we approach the one hundred signature mark. Please help us reach this threshold quickly to demonstrate the strength of our opposition ahead of the upcoming public meeting.
12 Comments
We strongly oppose this considered change. Two way traffic has been available for YEARS, don’t spew the crap about progress. Referring to progress similar to the idiotic barn dance in the downtown core, let’s not forget the speed bumps that pedestrians risk their lives crossing the street because “pedestrians give the right of way to vehicles”. Learner Driving 101 “The Pedestrian always has the right of way” but not in Paris. This town is beyond ridiculous! Yes, I Voted in the last election but not for these knuckleheads. (Rant over!)
This is ridiculous. Cut 10 feet into the Hill on the west side for a sidewalk big enough for those who seem to need this avenue of pedestrian usage. And if it can't be done because of the old Gypsum mines, then how does the road remain?? But hey, the lack of mobility will mean Police response times will be severely lacking. Then crime rates will climb and property values will drop.
This proposal does nothing to slow traffic down on Mile Hill Rd. It will inconvenience many residents and will add to the congestion towards downtown Paris. Make a better effort at a real solution for everyone please !
I'm going to have to drive around town to get to the Arena . When I live on the hill. Why create more traffic and burn more gas . This makes no sense...
Living at the bottom of the hill means this forces me to drive all the way through downtown just to get home from the 403. Total nightmare for traffic flow. Use your heads for once.
Need a better solution than a Mile Hill 1 Way. The whole area needs speed deterrents. Washington Street, Mile Hill Road, Powerline Road, they all need to be slowed down. This proposal does not make anything safer for anyone. I'm an avid walker and I would never walk on a road that only has a rumble strip between me and speeding vehicles. There are many safer places to cycle and walk that will still get you to the same place. This proposal has so many things wrong about it. It's almost like they tried to slip this through so no one opposed it or even knew about it. How about getting input from members of the community that use the road and create some ideas from them instead of wasting money on a sham consulting group who clearly has no grasp on the effect this will cause on the larger community. The county paved Mile Hill Road years ago to allow for all the traffic to get through town when they reconstructed King Edward , Rest Acres Road - it was ok to be a two way road for all that wasn't it ? County has allowed this to be a fast moving road by paving it and not doing anything to control it and now they are proposing a cheap change that will cause it to be an even faster road and less safe. Nice work !
One way up would take considerable pressure off Washington street !!!
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The County has officially withdrawn the proposal to convert Mile Hill Road into a one way street. This outcome validates the concerns raised by our community regarding traffic flow and local accessibility. I appreciate the time taken by everyone who engaged in this effort to ensure our neighborhood needs remained …
March 30, 2023
STOP the MILE HILL RD ONE WAY Proposal. Public Meeting Jan 11, 2023 Sports Complex 4-6pm.
Final supporters
The County of Brant is proposing that Mile Hill Road in Paris become a one way road heading South (up the Hill).
The County says this change is a means to improve the safety of the road for vulnerable users. The County claims it will calm traffic by changing to a one way road, narrowing the vehicle lane. The County also states this will prevent cut through traffic from new developments that currently travel north down the hill.
This one way Mile Hill Road proposal caters specifically to a small number of seasonal users and disregards numerous daily residential users. It will have a great negative effect on traffic in the surrounding community as well as emergency services for several areas of the town of Paris. This One Way Mile Hill Road proposal ultimately does not address the root cause.
This proposal will no longer allow residents of South Paris that live on Mile Hill Road or down at the bottom to enter their neighbourhood from Powerline Road at the top of Mile Hill Road. Residents wishing to get home to South Paris from the Brant Sports Complex, the 403 Highway, or West Brantford will have to travel north on Rest Acres Road closer to downtown in order to get home.
If this proposal becomes a reality, it will cause more congestion towards downtown Paris by forcing a large group of residents to use roads they normally wouldn't use to get home. This proposal will also cause more cut through traffic in the neighbourhoods behind the Pioneer gas station as residents attempt to avoid traffic congestion to get to their homes in the South Paris area. This in turn will cause safety issues for those neighbourhoods.
This Mile Hill Road One Way proposal will also require emergency service vehicles to go around on Rest Acres Road. For argument sake - If there is an emergency situation in the neighbourhood at the bottom of Mile Hill Road that requires urgent Police attention, drive time for the OPP will increase from 2 minutes to 7 minutes to get to the same destination if starting at the Brant Sports Complex on Powerline Road.
This proposal also fails to address the actual safety concern of Mile Hill Road which is the speed used while vehicles are driving North and South on Mile Hill Road. This includes cyclists.
Mile Hill Road is a 40km/hr road and there are no traffic calming countermeasures installed on the road to ensure that speed limit is followed. If that speed limit of 40 km/hr was followed there would be no safety concerns for any of the users of Mile Hill Road.
Please sign this petition it is free- you do not need to donate. If the site asks for a donation simply close the page, DO NOT DONATE, we are not asking for any funds. You will have already signed the petition.
If you did, thank you for attending the public meeting on January 11 from 4 - 6 pm at the Brant Sports Complex (944 Powerline Road).
Going forward, let your Local representatives know that you expect a better, more creative solution which forces users of Mile Hill Road to abide by the speed limit in order to create a safe two way road for all users. Council will vote on this proposal soon (early Spring).
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 10, 2023
January 10, 2023
The number of signatures is nearing five hundred. Please distribute this petition to your neighbors so that our community can demonstrate the full extent of this opposition before the upcoming public meeting.
Reached 100 supporters
December 11, 2022
December 9, 2022
The momentum behind this petition is substantial as we approach the one hundred signature mark. Please help us reach this threshold quickly to demonstrate the strength of our opposition ahead of the upcoming public meeting.
12 Comments
Save our bloody tax dollars and put them into fixing the disaster you've created downtown with that ridiculous traffic light!!!
We strongly oppose this considered change. Two way traffic has been available for YEARS, don’t spew the crap about progress. Referring to progress similar to the idiotic barn dance in the downtown core, let’s not forget the speed bumps that pedestrians risk their lives crossing the street because “pedestrians give the right of way to vehicles”. Learner Driving 101 “The Pedestrian always has the right of way” but not in Paris. This town is beyond ridiculous! Yes, I Voted in the last election but not for these knuckleheads. (Rant over!)
This is ridiculous. Cut 10 feet into the Hill on the west side for a sidewalk big enough for those who seem to need this avenue of pedestrian usage. And if it can't be done because of the old Gypsum mines, then how does the road remain?? But hey, the lack of mobility will mean Police response times will be severely lacking. Then crime rates will climb and property values will drop.
This proposal does nothing to slow traffic down on Mile Hill Rd. It will inconvenience many residents and will add to the congestion towards downtown Paris. Make a better effort at a real solution for everyone please !
I'm going to have to drive around town to get to the Arena . When I live on the hill. Why create more traffic and burn more gas . This makes no sense...
Living at the bottom of the hill means this forces me to drive all the way through downtown just to get home from the 403. Total nightmare for traffic flow. Use your heads for once.
Need a better solution than a Mile Hill 1 Way. The whole area needs speed deterrents. Washington Street, Mile Hill Road, Powerline Road, they all need to be slowed down. This proposal does not make anything safer for anyone. I'm an avid walker and I would never walk on a road that only has a rumble strip between me and speeding vehicles. There are many safer places to cycle and walk that will still get you to the same place. This proposal has so many things wrong about it. It's almost like they tried to slip this through so no one opposed it or even knew about it. How about getting input from members of the community that use the road and create some ideas from them instead of wasting money on a sham consulting group who clearly has no grasp on the effect this will cause on the larger community. The county paved Mile Hill Road years ago to allow for all the traffic to get through town when they reconstructed King Edward , Rest Acres Road - it was ok to be a two way road for all that wasn't it ? County has allowed this to be a fast moving road by paving it and not doing anything to control it and now they are proposing a cheap change that will cause it to be an even faster road and less safe. Nice work !
One way up would take considerable pressure off Washington street !!!
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Save our bloody tax dollars and put them into fixing the disaster you've created downtown with that ridiculous traffic light!!!