THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

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

SUBJECT: Development Variance Permit for Poco Piace Mal
Public Works Committee July 28, 1987

Recommendation:

1. That the changes to the parking lot be allowed subject to
the owner removing :the signs directing traffic to the
service road east of the mall and subject te all the trees

and planters being retained.

That the Engineer be requested to do a detailed traffic
study for the northwest sector of the City concentrating
particularly on improvements of access to Westwood Street,
and that the study be completed by December 31, 1987.

Backgrosnd and Comments:

At its July 20th meeting, Council requested the Public
Works Committees to review the parking lot re-design for Poco
Place Mall. In conducting its review, the Committee was
concerned that the improvements to parking within the mal!
would not solve the major problem of egress from the mali. The
problem results from the fact that the exit onto Westwood
Street is too cioss to Kitchener Avenue and is sometimes
congested by traffic backed up from the Lougheed Highway.

The Committee reviewed a preliminary report from the City
Engineer which outlined traffic problems in the entire
northwest sector and outlined some potential methods of dealing
with thes@ problems. The potential solution which seemed to
have the most promise was a consolidation of three
intersections Into one on Westwood Street across from the main
access to the Sunwood Shopping Center. The detailed treatment
of this consolidation required a further traffic study which
would determine alignments and whether or not other roads
needed to be opened or closed. The study would also provide a
cost estimate for consideration In a future budget.

The Committee was of the opinion that some consolidation
would have to be done and that a study was therefore required.
The Committee also agreed that this proposai would provide a
long term solution for the problem of access to Poco Place and
therefore were prepared to consider the changes to the parking