Lawn Sign Program
Lawn signs are placed on boulevards to increase safety in the roads in Newmarket. There are two types of lawn signs, and the signs are moved every 2 - 3 weeks to prevent damages and lose. If you wish to have a sign installed in front of your house or a specific spot, please contact Town's customer services at 905-895-5193 or
Info@newmarket.ca.
Keep Kids Safe Sign
Keep Kids Safe signs are installed to increase drivers' awareness of vulnerable pedestrians for safety.
Look Up! Look Around! Sign
Look Up! Look Around! Signs are placed to increase cyclists’ attention to vehicles and pedestrians. They can be seen along the bike lanes.
Traffic Safety in School Zones
The Town of Newmarket has various programs and measures in place to ensure traffic safety in school safety zones. These include:
Crossing Guards
Crossing Guards are responsible for the provision of traffic control services at designated locations and times throughout the Town to ensure pedestrians; in particular, school children, are safely crossing roadways. Drivers are reminded to take caution in school zones and to look and listen for the crossing guards' stop sign and whistles. Whistle Signals are as follows:
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First whistle: the guard proceeds to the centre of the roadway to stop traffic
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Second whistle: the guard sounds this when traffic has completely stopped, to advise children that it is now safe to cross the roadway
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Third whistle: the guard sounds this when the children and the guard have safely crossed the road, indicating to the driver(s) that it is now safe to proceed
Respect our Neighbours
When dropping off your children at school, please remember:
- Do not park in or block residential driveways when dropping off your children at school
- Do not use residential driveways to turn around in.
- Participate in the "walk-a-block" initiative by parking on a side-street adjacent to a school, and then walk the student to school.
- Be a model citizen for your children and treat others' property as you would like your own to be treated
Drop-off and Pick-up Zones
Drop-off and pick-up zones are designated areas on the school property that are separate from school bus loading and unloading areas. Not all school sites are designed with a drop-off and pick-up zone, please check with your child's school for more information.
Drop-off and pick-up zones can provide an alternative to parking on municipal streets or in school parking lots.
Do not park or leave your vehicle unattended in the drop-off and pick-up zone. Drop-off and pick-up zones are designed to ease congestion and keep traffic moving in the mornings and afternoons.
Traffic Signs in School Zones
Familiarize yourself with the following common traffic signs that you may encounter in school zones. Traffic laws include traffic signs and pedestrian signals that tell drivers and other road users what they must do in certain locations - like a school zone. This section highlights many of the signs you see around the Town of Newmarket school zones to help keep everyone safe.
York Regional Police's Road Watch Program
York Regional Police's Road Watch Program provides residents with the means to report dangerous or unlawful driving behaviour such as speeding, unsafe lane changing, disobeying traffic lights and stop signs. The Town is working closely with York Regional Police to ensure that noted 'hot spots' and new locations as identified by residents are monitored and enforced.
To report aggressive, dangerous or unlawful driving behaviour in Newmarket, report it to the Road Watch Program here.
For more information on the Road Watch program, please contact York Regional Police at 1-866-876-5423.