Speeding on Huntsville’s Ravenscliffe Rd. to be forwarded to District of Muskoka

The OPP have also been contacted about the issue

Huntsville General Committee agreed to forward concerns about vehicle speeding on Ravenscliffe Road to the District of Muskoka, in the October 29, 2025, meeting.

Resident of the road, Amanda-Marie Huizinga, presented a petition to Committee with 79 signatures about the speeding concerns. She said, “the demographic is growing and will be problematic.”

She added that the issue is so severe that “even children are feeling insecure to bike on their roads.”

The OPP and District have also been contacted about the matter, and the District brought in a flashing light notifying drivers of their speed limit which helped improve it, and residents want to see it permanently implemented in addition to signing.

Huizinga indicated that signing alone doesn’t seem to be working, as “most people do ignore it.”

She said people are uncomfortable with the road now. “It’s like getting a little spooky…[people] are feeling very unsafe out here.” She added that she can easily get 5 more pages worth of petition signatures if allowed more.

Councillor, Dan Armour, who sits on the District’s Engineering and Public Works Committee, advised “The District is currently in the process of evaluating all the speed limits on all of their roads and this is a District road.” He added, “They are taking it very seriously and looking at it.”

However, Armour also indicated that the review could take up to 5 years to complete.

He said that next possible steps could be mentioning the petition to the District in hopes of resolving the issue.

The Committee agreed to request the District to continue to work with residents on measures to reduce the speed of drivers on that road.