Following are concept plans for road changes in Heritage Hills. Note that some adjustments to the plans may be required if detailed designs reveal unanticipated constructability issues, such as drainage, underground utilities, etc.

• Heritage Drive (near Clover Bar Road)
• Heritage Drive (in front of the park/school)
• Heritage Drive/Highland Way Intersection
• Highcliff Road (at the park/school access)
• Highland Drive (at the trail crossing and Highland Way intersection)
• Highland Drive (east of Highland Way)
• Highland Way (at the trail crossing and Highcliff Road intersection)

Yes, near the school. The playground zone on Heritage Drive will be revised to a school zone just prior to the school opening in September 2020.

No change will be made in the short-term to the default residential speed limit of 50 km/h in Heritage Hills. Strathcona County will evaluate the effectiveness of the road changes before considering speed limit changes.

Through Heritage Hills community engagement, we found 46 per cent of residents support a decreased default speed limit of 40 km/h in Heritage Hills, and 8 per cent support a limit of 30 km/h.  

A Community Traffic Safety Review was initiated for Heritage Hills after residents expressed speed and pedestrian concerns in the neighbourhood, as well as the potential traffic impacts of the new school under construction on Heritage Drive.

Many of the main roads through Heritage Hills were nearing time for scheduled rehabilitation. This provided a great opportunity to consider what potential actions could be taken to improve safety in the neighbourhood. The project included a detailed engineering review as well as an extensive public engagement process.
 

Project timeline

Strathcona County was committed to working with residents and other stakeholders to ensure outcomes from this review are economically viable, technically feasible and publicly acceptable. Public engagement for this initiative was conducted at the "Listen and Learn" level. Learn more about the County’s Public Engagement Policy and Framework here.

Results from the May Open House and Online Survey:

• Open House and Survey Summary Report (279.4 KB)
• Open House and Survey Results Report (2.1 MB)

This input, alongside neighbourhood traffic speed, collision and volume data helped shape the final traffic safety plan for Heritage Hills that was presented to Priorities Committee on September 17, 2019.

Reports from the March Community Workshop and Online Survey:

• Summary Report (1.9 MB)
• Community Consultation Results Full Report 2019 (742.4 KB)

This project will not result in increased taxes. The estimated implementation cost of the engineering and education features of the project is $178,500. This cost will be covered through existing traffic safety and road rehabilitation budgets. Enforcement, engagement and evaluation actions will be completed through regular staff operations.

Generally, Heritage Hills has an excellent traffic safety record.

Over the last ten years, on average 11 collisions per year were reported to police.

• None involved a major injury (someone was admitted to hospital)
• None involved a pedestrian or cyclist
• 11 resulted in a minor injury to a vehicle occupant
• 90% resulted in property damage only
• 36 involved a driver backing into a parked car. These have been removed from the analysis.
• Map of the remaining 78 collisions

Strathcona County regularly collects speed and volume data on the residential road network.
Recent traffic data collection details in Heritage Hills.