A reduced speed limit, limited traffic access and infrastructure meant to slow cars down could be tested along a section of Strathcona Street in the West End.

Coun. Cindy Gilroy has raised a motion for city staff to report on a potential pilot project she hopes can try out those changes next spring.

“I am looking for places where we can calm traffic, where people can naturally go for walks and have it be more peaceful… That area is really growing with traffic,” said Gilroy (Daniel McIntyre).

The motion describes Strathcona as a “vital north-south corridor” that includes multiple community centres and schools, in close proximity to another traffic-calmed route on Wolseley Avenue.

Gilroy said she’d like to test the idea throughout the warmer months first.

Her motion calls for a study on

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