CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

Peter L. Vogel ENGINEERING DEPT,
830 Citadel Drive | fNG ~ 4 $999
Port Coquitlam, B.C. oo oo
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Tel: 941-5284 - DATE
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August 1 1992

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Mr. Igor Zahynacz
City Engineer

Dear Mr. Zahynacz,

I wish to express several concerns I have about safety. I have lived in Port Coquitlam
for more than a dozen years. I recently moved to the Citadel Heights area.

My most immediate concerns pertain to my neighbourhood. Citadel Drive, I believe,
has an arterial designation. With this I do not quarrel. However, the recent opening of

Citadel Drive to Mary Hill Road has brought out some of the worst in drivers of both
routes. Many forget they are no longer on the Mary Hill Bypass and assume that speed
limits are only a suggestion. In any case, there is no posted speed limit on Citadel
Drive from the Mary Hill Road entrance. Drivers may assume that the 60 km/h Mary
Hill Road designation is still in effect. Part of Citadel Drive has a park zone speed
posting of 30 kin/h, Enforcement by the RCMP in this area has been generally good,
but it should now extend to the newer part of Citadel Drive. 1 further believe that this
posting should be extended to the western connection of Citadel Drive and Palisade
Court as there is a designated walkway to the park from Palisade Court. Children
wishing to reach the park from, say the Fortress/Cannon Green area, would cross
Citadel Drive in the 700/800 block to reach this walkway. In my mind it makes sense

to extend the park speed zone to that area. A supporting factor in this proposal is that
Citadel Drive curves sharply west of the Palisade/Citadel Drive intersection, potentially

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hiding crossing pedestrians from view.
A related concern J have is the recently installed bus stop at the corner of Palisade and
Citadel Drive, east bound. Most passengers using this stop in the evening, based on
my. observations, live on the opposite of Citadel Drive, and east of this corner. These
passengers do not walk back to the intersection to cross, but instead cross Citadel Drive
diagonally. I feel that there is significant potential for a car- pedestrian accident in this
area as Citadel Drive drops in elevation here and drivers are speeding up as they leave
the park speed zone. I feel that-this bus stop would be better situated on the west side
of the intersection. I have raised this matter with BC Transit and am aware of their
"canned" answers to this type of question. | feel that they are ignorant of local matters
that could be taken into account to make this.stop.s

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