THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM .
. MEMORANDUM

NOV 8 1982

TO: | B. Kirk, November 3, 1982
City Administrator

FROM: F.E. Peters., P. Engey
City Engineer

SUBJECT: Traffic Control on Bailey Bridge -
Public Works Committee, November 2nd, 1982

RECOMMENDATION:

That traffic on the single lane Bailey bridge be
controlled by traffic signals at either end which will
alternate the flow of traffic giving precedence to the higher
volume approach.

BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:

The matter of traffic control was referred by Council
to the Public Works Committee with a request to examine the
possibility of implementing a one-way traffic scheme .across the
bridge allowing east-bound traffic in the p.m. and ‘west~bound
traffic in the a.m. peak periods and two-way traffic the
remainder of the day. As a Traffic Engineer I cannot support
this concept from a practical point of view or from a safety

point of view. Listed below are some of the reasons why I must
recommend against this. .

1. It is impossible to ensure that all drivers will see
or heed signs indicating one-way traffic at certain
times of the day. The only way to ensure that
traffic does not go the wrong way is to put up
barricades at appropriate places and to change these
each time the direction of flow is changed.

It would not be too difficult to place barricades at
the Lougheed Highway end which would prevent traffic
From entering the road. However, it is very
complicated at the Shaughnessy Street end. Because
there are homes along Pitt River Road west of
Shaughnessy Street, traffic must be allowed to pass
the intersection. Beyond the intersection there is
no place for vehicles to turn around if they do
happen to find themseives going the wrong way on a
one-way street.