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MERORANDUM MAY - 6 1974

TO: Mayor and Council May 6th, 1974

FROM: Public Works Committee

Report from the Public Works Committee meeting held Wednesday, April 24th,
1974.

In Attendance: Alderman M.A. Thompson
Alderman J.J. Keryluk
Mrs. J. Pleasants, The Enterprise
V.G. Borch, P. Eng.

Respectfully Submitted.

Res Langan Avenue Closure

At the March 18th, 1974 Council meeting the Public Works Committee
was directed to re~study the matter of the Langan Avenue Closure just wast
of Broadway and this has been done at three subsequent Public Works Committee

meetings.

On November 2nd, 1973 traffic counts were taken on Langan just east
of Broadway. In an eleven hour period from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 128 vehicles
and 10 trucks were observed going westbound and 127 vehicles and 12 trucks
were observed going eastbound. The Public Works Committee Report of December
7th, 1973 is attached hereto for infermation. Following consideration of the
Public Works Committee Report, the Council decided to close Langan Avenue just
west of Broadway. At the March 18th, 1974 Council meetingthe Council considered
directing the City Engineer to proceed with the closure as previously decided
or to reconsider the matter. The latter course of action was taken.

The Public Works Committee recommends that Langan Avenue not be closed
for the following reasons.

1. This is a public road allowance basically for the use of all of
the public. ;

Z. The present traffic volumes are quite low and it is therefore
difficult to see how these low traffic volumes could present a problem.

3. The principle of closing a road in order to divert traffic else-
where ig questionable in itself and could set an undesirable precedent that
would be difficult to handle should further requests for this kind of closure
be received.
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