THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM
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ITEM IIT

Re: Truck Traffic on the North Side

Due to considerable truck hauling on the north side
from various sources, a number of people have complained about
vibrations, noise, and speeding of trucks. Requests have been
received to implement specific truck routes or to post truck
speed limits of 30 km/h on some of the streets.

The RCMP have reported that it is impossible to
enforce the present by-law regarding trucks on the north side.
The way the by-law is written, trucks are not allowed on any
north side streets except when making local deliveries and then
only over the shortest route. Several violations which have
gone to court have been thrown out by the courts because the
City had not posted no truck route signs on the north side.

In order to make our by-law enforceable, it would be necessary
either to post no truck route signs at every entrance to the
north side from the Lougheed Highway or alternatively, to desig-
nate some streets as truck routes. The Committee did not con-
sider that either of these solutions was acceptable. One of
the conditions of the revenue sharing act under which a grant
was received for Prairie Avenue is that permission must be
received from the Minister of Highways before any class of
vehicle can be restricted from the street. It is therefore

not practical to keep trucks off Prairie Avenue. On the other
hand, it would probably not be acceptable to make Prairie Avenue
a truck route because of the school situated on the street.

It was felt that lowered speed limits for trucks would
be impractical to enforce. To solve the problem of vibrations
the speed limits would have to cover the entire length of most
of the major streets. This would provide such a burden on
truckers whose livelihood depends on the number of loads they
can haul, that the limits would simply not be obeyed.

The Committee recommends that no changes to truck
routes be made and that no truck speed limits be installed.

ITEM IV

Re: Entrance to Elks Park off Shaughnessy

Access to two lanes is presently obtained through
Elks Park off Shaughnessy Street. This is shown on the attached
sketch. As there are a number of vehicles involved, there is
some conflict with children playing in the park. One of the
lanes has no alternative access but the other lane has access
to Welcher Avenue which results in some traffic short-cutting
through the park.

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