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The owner of Danny's Meats and the manager of the Salvation
Army's Thrift Store at the corner of Elgin and Shaughnessy
have complained that their customers are not able to park at
the rear of their buildings from 3 PM to 6 EM. This is due
to southbound traffic lining up in the lane to turn onto
Elgin, the lane at this point is 3.66m (12') wide which does
not allow vehicles to go north. A traffic count was done in
June of 1989 with a peak hourly volume of 308 vehicles anda
average hourly volume of 110 vehicles.

The entrance onta Kingsway from the lane allows left and
right hand turning movements. These movements create a
hazardous situation due to the short Sight distance and
vehicles travelling at speeds higher than posted from the
west. The existing Shaughnessy overpass is higher than
Kingsway (both sides), when a vehicle is attempting to enter
onto Kingsway from the lane, he has a short decision time
due to the limited sight distance. This situation is Similar
to vehicles turning right of off Kingsway, where several]
rear end accidents have occured.

2) The section of lane between Elgin and McAllister

a) constant width of 6.1m
two way traffic allowed
20 kmh speed limit
used mainly as a service road by the individual
business's fronting Shaughnessy
is the terminus for an east/west lane which services
various building types fronting McAllister and Elgin
only access to all parking areas at rear of
buildings

A resident informed the Engineeering Dept. of an accident
that occured in the lane in Feb/1992 (letter attached).
Apparently a car hit a concrete abutment at the northeast
corner of the two lanes at the rear of the Eaton & Starr
building. The accident happened in the night and caused
considerable damage to the car and occupants. The median was
checked and found to be on private property. (see attached
photos) The accident occured not because of the width of the
lane hut due to a reckless vehicle travelling in the
Opposite direction which caused the accident vehicle to
Swerve into the abutment. This curb is in place to protect
parking at the rear of the Eaton & Starr building.

An informal poll of the business's fronting Shaughnessy was
done for input on the lane improvements. The concensus for
the section between Elgin and McAllister was to leave as is,
the three owners of the buildings at Elgin and the lane was
elther one way traffic or close the lane.

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