June 19, 2024 Transportation Standing Committee

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 25, 2024

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES

5. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - April 25, 2024
8.1 Road Safety Strategy: The Way Forward 
(i) Staff Report [PDF]
(ii) Supplementary Report [PDF]
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee recommend that Regional Council:

1. Adopt the Road Safety Strategy 2024, included in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated March 14, 2024, and endorse the vision and goal identified.
2. Direct staff to provide annual reports to the Transportation Standing Committee regarding the actions of the Road Safety Program and the Road Safety Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) identified in the attached Road Safety Strategy in the staff report dated March 14, 2024.

9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence 
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentations
10.3.1 Road Safety Strategy Considerations [PDF] – Martyn Williams

11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – April 25, 2024
12.1 Councillor Purdy - Traffic Islands on Colby Drive [PDF]

13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 Road Safety Action Plans [PDF]
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council approve the proposed action plans, in principle, to address the ten intersections with the highest number of fatal and injury collisions as outlined in the staff report dated June 14, 2024.

14. MOTIONS - NONE
15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE

16. ADDED ITEMS

17. NOTICES OF MOTION

18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – July 25, 2024

19. ADJOURNMENT

INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated June 12, 2024 re: Requests for Presentation to Transportation Standing Committee [PDF]

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Elizabeth Macdonald, Legislative Assistant, at elizabeth.macdonald@halifax.ca or 902-497-7548.

To submit correspondence, email clerks@halifax.ca
More information: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council/communicating-halifax-regional-council