Kingsway Avenue is a truck route and the majority of Kingsway has been reconstructed in the last few years in order to handle heavy truck traffic. The same thing does not apply to Pitt River Road. lf the money were to be spent in replacing the Pitt River Road bridge instead of the Kingsway Bridge, we would either have to upgrade Pitt River Road +o handie trucks or we would continue to keep truck traffic on the Kingsway Bridge with its very poor geometrics for trucks, The requirements of the road may not be restricted vehicie. If we were to tr The long range plan for the City calls for the Como Lake extension to be constructed in place of the Pitt River Road connection to the Lougheed Highway. This is the plan which is preferable from many points of view and is supported by the Department of Highways. We are not certain that this. option wit] go through because of difficutties with the neighbouring municipality, However, we can be reasonably certain that the Department of Highways will not finance both the Pitt River Road Bridge and the Como Lake extension. Constructing the Kingsway Bridge now would not preclude choosing either Pitt River Road or Como Lake Road Bridges in the future. However, constructing a Pitt River Road Bridge now would preclude the use of Como Lake Road jn the future. @ Coquitlam River his time. Two of lane bridges while bridge. When the there will be one more uS almost doubling the capacity. conjunction construction recommended by There are only three brid To handle al] these three are the other Mary Hill extension municipalities are ready for it. a vn ge bitin aah PERNT Econ aon li witcha dene in meats e MARTHA AO Ge TERT S oe chee aan teeta piee ame eee eames ‘ - , le bet seiAnsta ea ae Temas be Ria eg ci Nee Pa budid FAS efit vate ns tere tel