City councillors parked a plan Wednesday to use traffic circles, curb extensions and medians to slow drivers in two Edmonton neighbourhoods.

Residents in the southwest community of Twin Brooks and Mill Woods' neighbourhood of Burnewood have long complained of chronic speeding, but worry about the city's solution.

"It is my belief that we will have a greater collision rate when the ring road is turned into an obstacle course," Twin Brooks resident Don Edgecombe told the city's transportation committee.

Coun. Amarjeet Sohi is the only committee member to support spending almost $3 million on retrofitting the roads.

"I personally know of incidences where people were speeding and they have driven into people's fences ... in three incidents driven into people's basements," he said.

"Signages didn't work. Photo radar enforcement didn't work. Those people will continue to live in their fear, fear of not crossing the road, or not feeling safe in their own home."

Mayor Stephen Mandel suggested the neighbourhoods take on speeders themselves.

"Have people go out from the community leagues or from other places to say look we're having a problem here and you'll solve it a lot quicker than the city being the big brother and going in and fixing things that we haven't go the money to do."

In the meantime, city staff will look at other ways to encourage drivers to slow down.