Reduced speed limits are coming to neighbourhoods across Mississauga.

City council passed a bylaw Wednesday to set the default speed limits in 11 neighbourhoods at 40 km/h. The move, which affects about 23 square kilometres of mostly residential areas in Mississauga, aims to make city streets safer.

Signage with the new speed limits will start going up at the entrances and exits of the neighbourhoods this month. Once the signs are up, the new limits are enforceable.

The Ward 7 reduced speed zone is the largest in the city at around 4.37 square kilometres in total and includes parts of Cooksville and Erindale. A reduced speed area in Lisgar (Ward 10) was the second largest in the city at approximately 4.04 square kilometres.

Ward 8 had the smallest reduced speed zone, with the new default speed coming to a .893 square kilometre area in Erin Mills. The area already had 40 km/h speed limits around All Saints Catholic and Elm Drive public schools.

Other neighbourhoods in the city that will be getting the new reduced speeds include parts of Lakeview, Clarkson, Applewood, Mississauga Valley, Malton, Meadowvale and Streetsville.

According to city staff, additional Mississauga neighbourhoods could drop to 40 km/h in the spring.

Steve Cornwell is a reporter with the Mississauga News and Brampton Guardian. Reach him via email: scornwell@metroland.com

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