Traffic & streets — Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario

What is the speed limit? What are the rules for using the street?

In the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, reduced speed zones: School area speed zone: 50 km/h when indicated, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, September 1 to June 30; truck route rule: Heavy vehicles prohibited from parking on any highway except industrial areas, unless loading or unloading goods or passengers to adjacent premises; street obstruction: No person shall stop a vehicle alongside or across from any excavation or obstruction in the roadway where free flow of traffic would be impeded; sidewalk or boulevard use: No motor vehicle on sidewalk except crossing at driveway; no parking on or over boulevard unless improved by Region for parking. Source: Traffic By-law No. 003-2021, verified 2026-08-29.

Traffic By-law No. 003-2021 adopted bylaw
reduced speed zones School area speed zone: 50 km/h when indicated, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, September 1 to June 30 s. 21.1; Schedule XX
truck route rule Heavy vehicles prohibited from parking on any highway except industrial areas, unless loading or unloading goods or passengers to adjacent premises s. 4.4
street obstruction No person shall stop a vehicle alongside or across from any excavation or obstruction in the roadway where free flow of traffic would be impeded Clause 4.5(i)
sidewalk or boulevard use No motor vehicle on sidewalk except crossing at driveway; no parking on or over boulevard unless improved by Region for parking s. 2.5; Clause 4.6(k)
fine range $15.00 to $300.00 (set fines) Schedule XXIII; Schedule XXIV
scout note

Consolidates, repeals and replaces the by-laws regulating traffic and parking on highways and municipal property under the Region of Durham's jurisdiction (replacing By-law 44-2006). It prescribes maximum rates of speed on Regional roads by schedule (Schedule XVI, with time-limited reduced speeds in Schedule XX), designates Community Safety Zones, school bus loading zones (Schedule XIX), one-way roadways, through highways, stop and

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