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Town of AjaxRegional FacilitiesBayly Street(RR 22)Transportation Master Plan UpdateFinal ReportBayly Street is an east-west Type ‘A’ Arterial road, parallel toHighway 401, approximately 1 km south of the freeway. Connectingwith Pickering in the west and Whitby in the east, it has a 5-lane crosssection between Westney Road and Salem Road. West of WestneyRoad, it has a 4-lane cross section and east of Shoal Point Road, BaylyStreet narrows to a 2-lane cross section.As the only east-west arterial road south of Highway 401, Bayly Streethas an important transportation function. It provides the primary eastwestarterial access to the major employment area in Ajax south ofHighway 401. It also provides east-west arterial access to residentialdevelopment south of Highway 401.Bayly Street has a posted speed limit of 70 km/h between the westboundary of the Town and Westney Road, changing to 60 km/hbetween Westney Road and Pickering Beach Road, and then 70 km/hbetween Pickering Beach Road and the east limit of Ajax.Church Street(RR 24)(Kingston Road toBayly Street)Church Street is a Type ‘B’ Arterial road under the jurisdiction of theRegion of Durham for the section south of Kingston Road to BaylyStreet. Along with Westney Road, Salem Road and Harwood Avenue,Church Street is one of four continuous north-south arterial roadscrossing Highway 401 in Ajax.Church Street has 4-lane cross-section with a posted speed limit of 50km/h between Kingston Road and Kellino Street and 80 km/h betweenKellino Street and Bayly Street.Harwood Avenue(RR 44)(Kingston Road toLake Driveway)The segment of Harwood Avenue under the jurisdiction of the Regionof Durham is a north-south Type ‘C’ Arterial road from LakeDriveway on the waterfront at Lake Ontario to Kingston Road.The section of Harwood Avenue south of Highway 401 ischaracterized by a 4-lane, divided cross section and a posted speedlimit of 50 km/h. A 5-15 m wide grassed median is located throughoutthis section of Harwood Avenue.Harwood Avenue between Highway 401 and Clements Road isconsidered the downtown area for the Town of Ajax and ischaracterized by higher density housing, commercial, institutional,and public buildings.North of Highway 401 to Kingston Road, Harwood Avenue has a 4-lane cross section and a posted speed limit of 50 km/h. This section ischaracterized by older houses and strip commercial development withdirect driveway access to Harwood Avenue.December 2007 26 iTRANS
Town of AjaxKingston Road(Highway 2)Transportation Master Plan UpdateFinal ReportKingston Road (Highway 2) is an east-west Type ‘B’ Arterialconnecting with Pickering in the west and Whitby in the east. Locatedabout 1 km north of Highway 401, it is one of only two existingcontinuous east-west arterials in Ajax north of Highway 401.In addition to its regional arterial function, Kingston Road serves theAjax uptown core (near Harwood Avenue), the Pickering Villagecommercial area, and commercial development east of HarwoodAvenue (near Church Street).In Ajax, Kingston Road has 4 basic travel lanes with additionalauxiliary lanes in the vicinity of commercial development near SalemRoad. The posted speed limit on Kingston Road varies; it is posted at50 km/h between the west limit of the Town and Westney Road, 60km/h between Westney Road and Salem Road, and 70 km/h fromSalem Road to the east limit of Ajax.Lake Ridge Road(RR 23)(north of BaylyStreet)Salem Road(RR 41)(Chambers Drive toBayly Street)Lake Ridge Road is located in Whitby along the eastern municipalboundary of Ajax and is a Type A north-south arterial road.Potential interchanges on Lake Ridge Road are envisioned forHighways 401 and 407 and it is proposed to widen Lake Ridge Roadfrom 2 to 5 lanes between Taunton Road and Bayly Street.The segment of Salem Road under the jurisdiction of the Region isbetween Mandrake Road-Chambers Drive and Bayly Street. SalemRoad is a Type ‘B’ Arterial road with a 5-lane cross-section and aninterchange at Highway 401. Salem Road has a posted speed limit of60 km/h.The Highway 407 East EA identifies a future interchange at SalemRoad and the Highway 407 easterly extension.Taunton Road(RR 4)Located approximately 4.8 km north of Highway 401, Taunton Roadis an east-west Type ‘A’ Arterial road. Currently it provides 2 to 4lanes capacity with a posted speed limit of 80 km/h. Construction for a4-lane widening is underway east of Westney Road.Taunton Road and Kingston Road are the only continuous Arterialroads connecting with the arterial road system in Toronto. Asdevelopment proceeds in Ajax and the other parts of the Region,Taunton Road will assume an increasingly important role in carryinglong distance traffic within and outside the Region.December 2007 27 iTRANS
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