THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

ITEM If - Continued

The actual comparison costs are as follows:

1. The one-ton water van - actual fuel costs aro
about $17.00 per month higher with propane than with gasolinc.
If installation costs for the propane equipment are added on
and averaged over a seven year life span, the average monthly
cost for propane would be about $32.00 more than gasoline.

2. Dump truck - the actual monthly costs for pro-
pane are about $49.00 more than for gasoline. If the install-
ation cost is averaged over a seven year life span the monthly
average cost for propane would be about $66.00 more than

gasoline.

The above figures assume that there would be no change
in the ratio between the cost of gasoline and the cost of propane.
This assumption, of course, may not be valid at all if gasoline
inereases significantly in the future. Another factor which is
not considered in the calculations is the reduction in wear of
the engine and reduction in maintenance costs due to the cleaner
burning fucl. These factors are difficult to estimate at this
time and may not even be relevant if we assume that we will
trade our vehicles after seven years whether or not the engine
is worn out.

If we were to decide not to keep the propane conver-
sion, we would not pay any costs for tha materials and our only
additional cost would be the cont of our labour and reconverting
the two vehicles. If we decide to keep the installations, we
would have to pay for the cost of the equipment which is presently
inatalled in the vehicles and this would be about $800.00 per
vehicle. The Committee recommends that we ratain the equipment
on the vehicle so that we can dévelop leng-range experience on
whether it is to eur advantage, but that we do not convert any
other vehicles at this time.

ITEM IIIT

Re: Truck Route on the North Side

Complaints have boen received from tha RCMP about
the difficulties of enforcing our truck route regulations on
the north side because we have no route designated as truck
reutes., This in effect leaves the option of which street to
use up to the driver,

The logical roads to be used for truek routes would
be Shaughnessy to Prairie and Prairie Avenue for those trucks
coming from the west and Conaget Meridian Road for those trucks
coming from the east, However, the Prairie Avenue reute runs
past a school which may make this route unacceptable, It is

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