THE CORPORATION OF THE
CiTY OF PORT COQUITLAM

OCT 6 - 1986

MEMORANDUM

TO: B.R. Kirk October O11, 1986
City Administrator

FROM: F.E. Peters, P. Eng.,
City Engineer

SUBJECT: Traffic on Commonwealth St - Public Works Committee
September 30, 1986

RECOMMENDATION:

That the City request the Department of Highways to allow us to
open St. Michael Street to the Lougheed Highway with a ful!
signalized intersection and that the R.C.M.P. be Instructed to
pay particular attention to the traffic on Commonwealth Street
and Imperial Avenue on Friday and Saturday nights between 10

pem. and 3: asm.

“ BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:

The Public Works Committee held a meeting with residents of
Imperial Avenue and Commonwelalth Street as well as with the
owner of Rite-Way Equipment Rentals to discuss traffic problems
in the neltghbourhood. Traffic counts taken by the City
indicate a 24-hour volume of over 1300 vehicles on Commonwealth
Street and almost 900 vehicles on imperial Avenue east of the
entrance to the Twin Cedars Development. Although somne of
this traffic is the result of vehicles antering the back
entrance of Rite-Way Equipment Rentals, several neighbours
agreed that this was not the most serlous problem. The bulk of
the traffic comes from east of St. Michael Street and uses
Imperial and Commonwealth as a short cut to and from the
Lougheed Highway. The volumes shown on the street are more
typical of tow order collector streets rather than local
streets and the reason for this volume Is apparent when looking
at the attached sketch which shows no access to collector
streets for west oriented traffic except via Commonwealth.

During the meeting Rite-Way Equipment Rentals offered to do
what It could to keep its customers from using the back
including the provision of a barrier across the gate
at a height which wilt prevent trucks from using the entrance
or exlit. This wit! onty reduce the traffle volumes by a small
The approach to the Department of Highways for an
additional intersection on the Lougheed Highway Is one that Is

entrance
amount.

not tikely to be successful. lf the recommended approach Is
rejected, the Committee wishes to respond by asking for right

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