Lakeshore councillor Steven Wilder wants trucks to stop rolling down East Pike Creek Rd. at County Road 22 to Little Baseline Rd..
Last month Wilder revisited a By-Law to punish truck-drivers for using the route as a short cut.
Now the question of how to enforce the law is being explored.
The town recently hired a By-Law enforcement officer, but Wilder says they currently don't have the authority to ticket offenders.
Wilder says the issue hits a little close to home, but large trucks shouldn't be driving through in any residential neighbourhood.
He lives in the area and the Ward 1 councilor says he's witnessed too many close calls for the process to drag out any longer.
"It's a pedestrian pathway essentially, and unfortunately, without a trail system in place the pedestrians are walking on the road," Wilder says. "It's a curvy and winding road and we're finding dump-trucks are coming down there, potentially above the speed limit, and ultimately I've seen a number of near misses."
He approached council on Tuesday to find out who can "put some teeth" in the By-Law.
Wilder says there are plenty of roads nearby designated for truck use.
"My concern is to find a solution, a solution that's going to work for the residents that's going to result in those trucks, both dump-trucks and commercial traffic and tractor trailers to stop using East Pike Creek Rd. as a shortcut," says Wilder. "We have upgraded Patillo Rd., we have Manning Rd., there are other avenues for the trucks to use."
Wilder told AM800 News he understands why it's happening, but it needs to stop.
"I understand they have to get from point A to point B, I was a truck driver myself for a brief period of time, but safety is the concern here. It's a residential neighbourhood, it is not designed to accommodate truck traffic and we run into the question if even the road can accommodate it," he says.
The Ward 1 councillor says, trucker's have caught wind of what he's been up too.
At the end of the day Wilder says he knows they have a job to do, but so does he.
"Some of them have taken to acknowledging me in various ways, some of them not polite to repeat in front of company, and they're entitled to their opinion, but I'm not going to shy away from it," he says.
With out any consequences Wilder says the By-Law does little to prevent truck traffic.
Council is seeking legal advice on whether the town can issue tickets.