Traffic Control

Safe roads and sidewalks are very important to the Town of Whitby. These rules, regulations and guidelines encourage safe travel for everyone.

Traffic by-laws

Our traffic by-laws help to keep traffic moving safe. They are endorsed by Council to help regulate:

  • Parking and stopping
  • Speed limits
  • Turn prohibitions
  • Roads under seasonal weight restrictions
  • Various other rules of the road

Weight restriction  

We put in place a weight restriction at certain times of the year to make sure that heavy vehicles don't cause damage to our roads. We place signs where these weight restrictions apply.

Weight Restriction Season from March 1 to approximately April 30

Street Name

From

To

Beech Street West

Centre Street North

Palace Street

Boundary Road

Wentworth Street

Northerly Limits

Brock Street North/South

Rossland Road

401 West bound on ramp

Burns Street East

Garden Street

Hopkins Street

Byron Street North/South

Mary Street West

Colborne Street West

Cannon Court

Consumers Drive

Northerly Limits

Carlow Court

Hopkins Street

Westerly Limits

Centre Street North

Maple Street West

Beech Street West

Champlain Court

Hopkins Street

Westerly Limits

Colborne Street East/West

Byron Street South

Green Street

Crown Court

Boundary Road

Westerly Limits

Des Newman

Dundas Street West

Taunton Road West

Dundas Street East/West

75m East of Fothergill Court

Oshawa Boundary Limits

Elm Street

Brock Street North

Byron Street North

Euclid Street

Maple Street West

Beech Street West

Forbes Street

Tricont Avenue

Southerly Limits

Garden Street

Burns Street East

Consumers Drive

Gordon Street

Victoria Street West

Northerly Limits

Green Street

Dundas Street East

Colborne Street East

Harbour Street

Watson Street East

Southerly Limits

Hopkins Street

Consumers Drive

Champlain Court

Hopkins Street

Victoria Street East

Southerly Limits

Industrial Drive

Hopkins Street

Westerly Limits

Jeffery Street

Victoria Street West

Northerly Limits

Maple Street West

Brock Street North

Centre Street North

Maple Street West

Palace Street

Euclid Street

Mary Street East/West

Byron Street North

Perry Street

McEwen Drive

Wentworth Street

Forbes Street

McKinney Drive

Taunton Road East

70m North of Broadleaf Avenue

Montecorte Street

Victoria Street West

Nordeagle Avenue

Moore Court

William Smith Drive

Westerly Limits

Nordeagle Avenue

Gordon Street

Jeffrey Street

Paisley Court

Consumers Drive

Southerly Limits

Palace Street

Beech Street West

Maple Street West

Perry Street

Mary Street East

Dundas Street East

Scotia Court

Wentworth Street

Northerly Limits

South Blair Street

Victoria Street

Water Street

Stanley Court

Burns Street East

Southerly Limits

Sunray Street

Consumers Drive

Northerly Limits

Thickson Road

William Smith Drive

Wentworth Street

Tricont Avenue

Thickson Road

Easterly Limits

Warren Road

Hopkins Street

Easterly Limits

Water Street

Brock Street South

South Blair Street

Watson Street

Harbour Street

South Blair Street

Wentworth Street

Thickson Road South

Westerly Limits

William Smith Drive

Wentworth Street

Thickson Road

Vehicles loads are restricted to five tonnes per axle, in accordance with Town of Whitby by-law #1718-84. If you have any questions about the roads that are exempt from the weight restrictions, please contact the Operations Centre.

Request for traffic operational review

Email Transportation for a Traffic Operational Review if you are concerned about traffic issues in your neighbourhood and believe that a traffic operational measure should be considered. Actions like speeding or short-cutting are examples of traffic behaviour that can make your neighbourhood unsafe.

Before you make a request, review our frequently asked questions as someone else may have already addressed your concern.

How to submit a request

When submitting a request for a traffic issue to be investigated, provide a clear description of your concerns including:

  • Specific location
  • Time of day it occurred
  • Any other general observations

Please submit the form to the Town of Whitby Transportation Services by either:

After you submit a request

After you submit your traffic issue request, we will investigate your concern. We will respond as soon as possible but please be aware that it could take several months to gather all the relevant traffic data.

Highway Traffic Act

The Highway Traffic Act (HTA) is a provincial legislation that helps keep our roads safe. The Act defines:

  • Who can operate a vehicle
  • What is defined as a vehicle
  • What is the statutory speed limit
  • What is acceptable motorists and pedestrians behaviour for public roads

In the Region of Durham, police services are provided by either the Durham Regional Police Service or the Ontario Provincial Police.

Contact Us

Town of Whitby

575 Rossland Road East
Whitby, ON L1N 2M8

905-430-4300
service@whitby.ca

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