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THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

Project No. 808
DATE: November 27, 1993

TO: Igor Zahynacz, P.Eng City Engineer
FROM: Russ Mammel, Supervisor of Design & Technical Services
SUBJECT: BIRCHLAND SCHOOL - STRATFORD ST. DROP-OFF AREA

This drop-off area at the end of Stratford Street, shown on the attached sketch, has a
congestion problem for those short periods before and after school. The school has extended
this area to the east, to provide additional parking space.

There is a large open area in the center of this turn-around, with no direction for the drivers
telling them how to circulate or where to park. Subsequently, parents are parked all over the
place, blocking driveways and other parents wanting to exit.

The Vice-Principal has placed traffic cones in a circle to organize the cars into a one-way only
pattern. This helped the problem of cars parked up the middle, but he is looking for a
permanent solution. |

One possible solution may be to construct a raised median in the center of this space and lay
out a different parking arrangement, as shown on the attached sketch. The existing parking is
similar to that shown but is at 90°. By using angled parking a combination median/walkway
could be installed through the center. | an

‘The turning radius poses no problem for passenger cars, however large trucks (fire, garbage,
snow clearing) cannot make this turn if the parking area is full. -