Durham Works

Be sure to share the road with farm vehicles

With harvest season underway, drivers may experience temporary delays on rural roads due to slow moving farm machinery. Motorists are reminded to be patient and cautious when sharing the road with these vehicles.

Farmers have the important task of transporting the food that feeds our communities, and as part of that transportation they often use public roads to get from field to field, both day and night.

Safety tips to observe when coming across farm machinery on Regional roads include:

• Recognize...

Durham Region uses hardened centre lines in pilot project to encourage road safety

Earlier this year, the Region of Durham installed a hardened centre line on Old Brock Road at the intersection of Brock Road in the City of Pickering as part of a pilot project to guide northbound left-turn movements from Brock Road into the receiving lane. Hardened centre lines are a safety measure consisting of a 3-inch-high rubber speed bump placed on the centre line of a road, extending from approximately 14 metres away from the intersection.

Hardened centre lines are used to encourage...

Help kids get to school safely by slowing down in school zones

With Durham Region students back to school, road users must remember to keep safety top of mind in school zones.

Drivers need to slow down, stay focused, and watch for cyclists and pedestrians—especially distracted kids who are excited to be back at school; and pedestrians must ensure they always cross the road at a designated crossing or signalized intersection. With more people walking, cyclists and drivers should give themselves extra time to get to their destination and ride with care to...

Share your thoughts during our virtual Public Information Centre

Until September 30, The Regional Municipality of Durham is holding a virtual Public Information Centre (PIC) about the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study to plan for the sanitary sewage servicing needs of the Port Perry Employment Area in the Township of Scugog.

The PIC will include:

• A project overview of the Port Perry Sanitary Sewage Pumping Station (SSPS) Municipal Class EA.
• An evaluation of alternative solutions and information on the recommended solution.
• Direction on how you...

Reducing collisions with red light cameras

Red light cameras have been installed at select locations throughout Durham Region to reduce T-bone collisions at intersections on Durham Regional roads.

Red light running has the potential to cause serious injury or death for both the offending driver and innocent victims. The Region’s collision records database shows 658 collisions over a three-year period (2021, 2022 and 2023) at signalized intersections where the cause was specifically attributed to a driver disobeying traffic control...