Wrenford City Council has officially approved the city’s Vision Zero strategy during its January 21, 2025, meeting. The new roadmap sets a clear goal to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries on Wrenford streets. For more background on how Council makes these decisions, visit the Council page.
The strategy uses a “Safe Systems” approach. This means the city looks at the whole transportation network—including roads, vehicles, and road users—to make sure you get home safely. It puts a special focus on people walking, cycling, using transit, and older adults or children near schools and parks.
Council set a target to cut serious injuries and fatalities by at least five per cent every year, with a goal of a 25 per cent reduction by 2030. To get there, the city will use crash data to find the spots where collisions happen most often and fix them first.
Phase one of the plan is already moving forward. You will see raised crosswalks and speed humps at 12 local elementary schools soon. Wrenford’s Roads & Winter Maintenance team is also adding new traffic signals and protected turn lanes at high-crash intersections along Tamsin Street and Benchlands Drive.
“Safe streets are the foundation of a healthy neighbourhood,” said Mayor Danielle Okafor-Price. “This strategy asks everyone who shares the road—drivers, transit users, cyclists and pedestrians—to work together. We are making the changes needed so families can walk to school and shop downtown without fear.”
Engineering staff will continue to work with the Wrenford Police Service and community groups to roll out the strategy over the next few years. The city will also update its design standards to match the latest safety practices.
For more information on road safety projects or to report a dangerous intersection, visit the Roads & Winter Maintenance page or email [email protected].