At Saint-Lazare’s Council meeting of September 7, 2010, the Town of Saint-Lazare chose to bring changes to the proposed Genivar decision-making matrix it adopted in 2008 and plans to change all existing speed humps on its territory to make them conform to the matrix. Speed humps will therefore be reduced in height and lengthen. The Town also wishes to change the criteria used by the Technical Services department when it conducts speed surveys to allow the department to intervene in commercial, residential, park and school zones, as soon as the average speed recorded at the time of the survey exceeds the speed limit by 12.5 km/hour (instead of the 15 km/hour previously required). Therefore, as soon as a speed survey confirms motorists drive at 42.5 km/hour in a 30 km/hour zone, or 52.5 km/hour in a 40 km/hour zone, the Technical Services department will be able to implement temporary or permanent physical measures or use awareness tools in this sector.

In addition, the Town will reduce the speed limit to 30 km/hour in park zones.

Let's recall the Town adopted Genivar’s measures to slow down traffic in 2008. Measures provided by Genivar included a decision-matrix to handle citizen complaints, a tool box as well as request and petition forms for residents. To request a speed survey, a resident must demonstrate his neighbours support his request by completing and submitting a petition form to the Technical Services department.