THE CORPORATION OF THE CiTY OF PORT COQUITLAM
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It is our opinion that the arrangements for restoration
of private driveways and property should he part of the responsi-
bility of the dyking program. As there are additional properties
other than Mr. Bain's which are affected, there could be considerable
additional work required if the City decides to undertake the
responsibilities which should be the dyking program's... However,
I understand that Mr. Bain intends to speak to Council as a delegation
at the September 30th, 1979 Council Meeting.

ETEM II

Re: B.C. Hydro Transit Service

Mr. Vic Sharman of B.C. Hydro Transit had been invited
to answer questions about the level of service in Port Coquitlam.
A good discussion took place in which a number of questions were
answered. Council had been concerned about a possible cutback in
service on routes into Port Coquitlam. According to Mr. Sharman,
there has been no cutback in service and in fact there has been
some increase. Although some of the buses on some of the routes
are running full, there is a difficulty in adding more buses to
the fleet just to service this traffic. B.C. Hydro will be
diverting four more buses to serve this area next month but that
will not make a significant difference. - .

The direct connection to Lougheed Mall during the peak
hour which had been reimplemented as a result of Council's study
last year was experiencing disappointing ridership. Mr. Sharman
felt that this might increase with time as the bus had only been
in operation since July 20th, 1979.

With regard to the use of the Rec Centre Parking Lot
for park and ride, it was felt that this may possibly have been
the result of the opening of the Coquitlam Centre. It was felt
that a number of the users of this lot may have been residents
of Pitt Meadows or Maple Ridge who now have a more convenient
place to park in the Coquitlam Centre lot. B.C. Hydro agreed to
undertake a survey of the park and ride users to find out where
they were coming from.

Mr. Sharman, suggested that the City could encourage
more transit usage by making a point of advertising the park
and ride lot. However this might work against transit in the
long run if enough people responded to overload the existing
buses.

Other general areas of transit such as special reserved
lanes and articulated buses were also discussed. B.C. Hydro will
be testing an articulated bus this fall on some of its routes but
Gecisions as to ordering these buses would eventually be made by

UTA rather than B.C. Hydro. .

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