CP Transport

1375 Kingsway Avenue
Port Coquitlam, B.C.
V3C 4W1.

October 29, 1982

SUBMISSION TO THE PORT COQUITLAM CITY COUNCIL WITH
RESPECT TO THE NOTICE DISTRIBUTED CONCERNING THE
PROHIBITION OF TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THE KINGSWAY BRIDGE ROUTE

First, we should like to make it very clear that we appreciate
the problem facing the Council with the collapse of the Red
Bridge and the inordinate amount of vehicular traffic this has

placed on the Kingsway Bridge.

In the event all members of Council are not aware of it, we
moved to our premises at 1375 Kingsway Avenue in early March

of this year. Approximately 85 per cent of our trucks have been
using the Kingsway Bridge and we have experienced no problems
with other vehicular traffic using this bridge, even though it
is a one-way bridge when trucks or buses occupy it, nor have we
received one complaint from anyone with respect to our use of

this bridge. :

Being located on Kingsway we are well aware of the fact. that it
is the traffic going to and from the Maple Ridge area that is
causing the heavy traffic tie-ups over the Kingsway Bridge now
that the Red Bridge is out of service. We appreciate that this
traffic, along with the trucks from companies located in Port
Coquitlam causes traffic problems for Port Coquitlam residents
using their personal. automobiles in the area.

We have already performed tests with our trucks going the
Kingsway Avenue route, versus the Lougheed Highway route since
the Red Bridge has been out of service and have determined that
our additional daily cost of using the Lougheed Highway will

be about $1,000.00.

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