THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

NOV 9 - 1987

MEMORANDUM

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TO: City Administrator November 5, 1987

FROM: City Engineer

SUBJECT: Crosswalk Lines at Intersection of Oxford Street/
Coquitlam Avenue = Public Works Committee |
November 3, 1987

Recommendation:

That crosswalk lines be painted on the four sides of the
intersection of Oxford Street and Coquitlam Avenue.

Background and Comments:

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The Public Works Committee received a petition and
delegation from residents of the area of Oxford and Coquitlam
dealing with traffic problems at the intersection. The
residents claim that problems have increased since the opening
of the Beer and Wine Store at Frisco'’s. We have no comparison
of recent traffic counts with older counts, however, the
statement is logical and the accident record appears to bear
that out. Accidents in each of the years trom 1984 to 1987 are
Three, five, three, and eight respectively. Eight accidents in
the first ten months of 1987 is unusual ly high far an
intersection that has four-way stops with the given volume of
traffic. The ReC.M.oP. confirm that a number of people do run
the stop signs on Oxford Street. This no doubt contributes to
the accident rate.

Two weeks ago the City took steps to try to improve the
observance of the existing four-way stops. Advance warning
"stop ahead" signs were put on both Oxtord approaches. In
addition, school silhouette signs were put up on both
approaches. These signs should help to draw drivers! attention
to the fact that Oxford Street traffic must stop.

While crosswalks without school patrols are normally not
recommended, the Committee felt that in this case the crosswalk
lines would help to draw attention of the drivers to the need
to stop at the intersection. Unsupervised crosswalks are not
quite as dangerous where they are protected with stop signs as
they would be if this was at an uncontrolled intersection.

As a result of the delegation, the Committee will also be
reviewing the parking on Coquitlam Avenue west of Oxtord