First Meeting With Councilor Michael Walker

Today was my first introduction and meeting with our Councilman Michael Walker and his Constituency Assistant Pierre D'Aoust.

During the meeting I presented to Mr. Walker a power point presentation entitled "What Gap - Pedestrian Safety at Risk" which outlined the very real risks pedestrian faced every day when trying to cross Oxton Avenue.

As the meeting progressed I learned that the recent configurations at both ends of Oxton were deliberatly designed to keep traffic moving. The stop sign at Oxton and Oriole was removed and replaced with a yield sign (which was eventually removed too) to aid in the free flow of traffic.

I was told that pedestrians were readily accommodated by the addition of a cross walk half way down Oxton (which I pointed out was not even remotely on the path for most people headed to the Subway).

At the conclusion of the meeting Michael Walker agreed to request two studies from Transportation Services, the first to look at the solutions I had proposed and the second to look at the installation of traffic lights at Oxton and Oriole.

Michael Walker and I both agreed that a neighbourhood petition would help add weight to my concerns. Hence the Oxton safety Petition was born.

Regards, Mark Rees