THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0 UJ N C | |

MEMORANDUM
_—_eEe APR 26 1982
TO: B. Kirk, April 22, 1982
City Administrator

FROM: F.E. Peters,
City Engineer

SUBJECT: Options for Broadway Street Reconstruction
Public Works Committee, April 20, 1982

RECOMMENDATION:

The Public Works Committee recommends that the
project which is currently included in the Budget for the
reconstruction of Broadway from Kingsway to Cameron, be
altered to include a narrower construction of Broadway all
the way from Kingsway to the Bypass and eliminate the
construction of the box culvert at this time. .

BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:

The project currently included in the Budget is for
full width construction of Broadway Street with curb and
gutter both sides and with the closure of the ditch by means
of a large and very expensive box culvert. The completion of
the street to this standard is very desirable but not entirely
necessary at this time. However, construction to full width
is required in order to obtain the revenue sharing from the
Department of Highways which was approved last year inthe
amount of $191,000 and carried over to this year.

An alternative construction which makes a lot of
sense from the City's point of view would be to leave the
ditch open for now and to use the money to complete the road
work on Broadway from Kingsway to the Mary Hill Bypass. By
reconstructing Broadway to the same standard as we used on
Kingsway last year, we can do the whole length of Broadway
for less than it would cost the City to do the work which is
currently included in the Budget,

A comparison of costs is as follows:

Currently Budgeted Project

Total Cost including culvert $962,000
Less Dept. Of Highways sharing $191,000

Cost to the City ineluding
Development Cost Charges $771,000

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