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November 6, 1989

Me. L. M. Traboulay
Mayor :

City of Port Coquitlam
City Hall

2580 Snaughnmessy Street
Port Coquitlam, 8. C.
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Qear Mayor Traboulay:

This is tc request the removal of the tall trees planted in the median of
the Lougheed Highway between Westwood Street arid Hastings Street. Some reasons
are:

1) The tall trees create a visual barrier preventing people travelling
east From sesing the businesses on the morth side and people travelling
west from seeing the businesses om the south side. These businesses
need visability ta compete im an ever more competitive market place.
Many oF the potential customers are coming to the businesses for th
First time and have trouble Finding them. Most retail businesses
require a strong visual impact to bring its products amd services to
the attention of potential customers, and some amount of this visa-
bility is demied to these business operators.

The visability problem is getting continually worse as the trees grow
wider and thicker.

The trees create an unsafe visual barrier for pedestrians. Net only
are pedestrians otscurred by the trees sco when they step off the median
te cross the street there is mo warming but the pedestriams have to
step right onto the curb or cnto the road in order ta see because tne
trees are so wide now.

The tall trees are an unfair hindrance to the affected businesses be-
cause Similar medians do mot have tall trees. Why should similar busi-
nesses with similar highway fromtage be treated differently? The
Lougheed Highway heacling east from Shaughnessy is virtually identical
in dimensions, age, amd constructiom yet the median omly has law lying

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shrubbery. The new Mary Hill bypass does mot have a planted median at

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