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THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

TO: City Administrator April 29, 1987
FROM: City Engineer

SUBJECT: Closure of Roads for Man in Motion Tour - Public Works
Committee April 28, 1987

Recommendation:

That Prairie Avenue from Flint Street to Wellington Street
and Flint Street from the Lougheed Highway to Prairie Avenue be
closed to ail tratfic tor the duration of the Man in Motion
Tour through Port Coquitlam in order to allow its use for
assembly of schooi children and that the streets as marked on
the attached sketch be available for local traffic only and
that Dorset Avenue be the Proposed detour route and that the
costs of the closure be referred to the Administration
Committee for a budget. |

Background and Comments:

Rick Hansen will be travelling through Port Coquitlam on
the morning of May 22nd approximately between the hours of 8:00
GQeme and 9:00 a.m. The route will follow the Lougheed Highway
to Coast Meridian Road to Prairie Avenue to Flint Street and
back to the Lougheed Highway. Approximately 8,000 schoac!
children will be assembled along the route in order to support
the tour. The concern of the various school principals for the
safety of these schoo! children while assembied on the streets
has prompted the request for closure of the above streets to
traffic.

The Public Works Committee considered this request and
supports the concept of the road closure for safety reasons.
However, as this occurs during the morning peak hour, it is
expected that there will be considerable disruption to traffic.

To ensure no traffic enters the closed streets, barricades
will have to be placed at al! the intersections as shown on the
attached sketch. in addition, the other end of each block of
the intersecting streets will have to be marked for local}
traffic only and this will require another barricade and sign

at each location shown.