Calgary communities will soon see lower speed limits

Drivers in Calgary’s southeast Lake Bonavista community will soon need to slow down on several roads. Lake Bonavista Drive will drop from 50 km/h to 40 km/h, while Lake Crimson Drive and Lake Sylvan Drive will also receive lower limits.

Megan Smith, who lives on Lake Sylvan Drive, welcomed the change. She said traffic and vehicle speeds worry her, particularly when children wait for the school bus. She added that vehicles have been hit twice on the street and described the road as a busy route toward Lake Downs.

The new signs will appear in the coming months, with the changes scheduled for completion by the end of 2026. The City of Calgary said the measures form part of its Vision Zero initiative, which seeks to reduce the risk of serious and fatal collisions.

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I’m worried about traffic and the speed and people seeing them.

The city reviewed more than 700 collector roads and community entrance roads. It identified nearly 300 locations where lower speed limits could improve safety and create more consistent limits across Calgary. The review considered current driving speeds and focused reductions on areas near schools, playground zones, parked vehicles, residential driveways and curves.

Calgary has recorded 21 fatal collisions so far in 2026, resulting in 25 deaths. Six of those deaths involved pedestrians. Ward 14 Coun. Landon Johnston’s office said further announcements would cover Midnapore, Sundance, Walden and Mackenzie Lake.

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This is the busiest street going down to Lake Downs and it’s the only access to down there, so it’s a high traffic street and people just fly up and down that hill.