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 2023 season

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.

2023 Roads Exempt from Weight Restrictions

Weight Restriction Season from March 1 to approximately April 30, 2023

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 see the 2021 Roads Exempt From Weight Restrictions list or contact the Operations Centre.

Request for traffic operational review

Complete the Request for 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:

Email transportation@whitby.ca
Mail to:
Town of Whitby
Transportation Services
575 Rossland Rd E
Whitby ON L1N 2M8

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.