Councillors move forward with new road design by busy school drop-off
Posted Aug 12, 2026 09:13:14 AM.
Last Updated Aug 12, 2026 09:16:05 AM.
It’s a struggle families with children attending Moffat Creek Public School in Cambridge are all too familiar with.
Getting the kids before and after school near a busy Myers Road.
It’s something motorists in the area have noticed too, as well as regional and school board staff, when it comes to families dropping those students off by pulling over on a nearby gravel shoulder illegally.
“This has created an ongoing safety concern as vehicles are stopping, reversing, parallel parking and making U-turn movements as students weave between vehicles and cross the roadway at uncontrolled locations,” read a report from the region.
That report details a new design plan for Myers Road from Water Street to Branchton Road, and for Branchton Road from Dundas Street to Myers Road.
The plans look to replace the gravel shoulders with raised boulevards, and install multi-use paths to promote a safer option for walking and biking to school.
The new design was presented to a regional committee Tuesday, but not everyone was on board with the thought that it would solve the school drop-off problem.
Councillors representing Cambridge, Doug Craig, Jan Liggett, and Pam Wolf, were all of the opinion that this would just move the parking problem to another location, and create additional safety issues for students.
Craig tried to refer the motion to the August 26 Regional Council meeting, giving staff more time to consult with school board officials on more options for parents. That was ultimately defeated 9-6, with his colleagues around the horseshoe believing the drop-off concerns and the street designs, were two separate items.
Ultimately the new design passed 14-1, with Cambridge Mayor Jan Liggett the only one opposed to the plan.
“I just don’t think we’ve done enough work to get to where we should be on this one where everybody is happy and the people can drop off their kids and the kids are safe,” said Liggett.
The approval, to be ratified at Council at the end of the month, will have the portion of Myers and Branchton fully reconstructed, with multi-use paths, bus stop upgrades, watermain replacement, and raised crosswalks
Construction would begin in 2028 and wrap up sometime in 2030.
The total cost of the project would ring in around $13-million.
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