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Coquitlam urges that as soon as the
design team have completed design of
the Edmonds-Lougheed Mall segment,
they continue with design of the
onward extension to Coquitlam Centre,
so that appropriate accommodation can
be made as adjacent lands develop; and

Coquitlam urges commitment to an
accelerated schedule for construction
of the Lougheed Mall to Coquitlam Town
Centre segment; the needs of Northeast
Sector commuters have been neglected
for too long and the projected 2001
completion date must be advanced.

Council advise B.C. Transit of its

preferences for an Edmonds Corridor for the
Coquitlam A.L.R.T. extension because:

a)

the Broadway Corridor, while having
substantially higher Capital and
operating costs, offers no significant
travel time advantage;

the almost, $400 million additional
cost of the Broadway Corridor is
likely to defer by many years the
availability of capital funds’ for
construction to Coquitlam's Town
Centre;

the Broadway Corridor does not offer
the connection to other Regional Town
Centres that has always been part of
the rationale for the A.L.R.T. system;

the Broadway Corridor does not meet
the needs of the many Northeast Sector
commuters whose destination is along
the present A.L.R.T. route east of
Broadway Station in New Westminster or
Burnaby;