BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS;

Members of Council have received a copy of the study
done by A.E.S.L. regarding the replacement of the Kingsway
Bridge. The terms of reference for the study required the
Consultant to investigate the feasibility of replacing the
Kingsway Bridge and provide a cost estimate for the work. The
Consultant did not address himself to the issue of whether or
not this solution is the most advantageous from a traffic point
of view. The task of the Public Works Committee was to
determine whether the replacement of the Kingsway Bridge could
be justified by comparison with other alternatives.

. Although the completion of the Mary Hill Bypass will
eventually relieve the Pressure on the traffic routes through
the City, we do have a traffic problem which is current and
immediate and which will no doubt get worse during the three or
four years that it takes to complete the Bypass. We must do
something in the interim to solve this problem. At the same
time, we should not do something which spoils the long range
transportation network tor the City. The Public Works
Committee feels that the replacement of the Kingsway Bridge and
the possible relocation of the existing bridge to the Red
Bridge site is the best solution to meet the above objectives.
The following points are made in support of this

recommendation.

1. The existing Kingsway Bridge works almost as a single
lane. bridge during busy periods because of the number
of trucks-and buses using it. We have, in effect,
two. single lane bridges serving the City.

Either the Kingsway Bridge replacement or the Red
Bridge replacement would previde immediate additional
traffic capacity. If the Red Bridge were replaced at
this time we would have about the same capacity as we
had previousty. However, if the Kingsway Bridge is
replaced and if the old bridge can be relocated to
the Red Bridge site, we will have more capacity than
we had before the Red Bridge was taken out,

Any money spent now on replacing the Kingsway Bridge
will not be wasted since we will always require a
proper two jane bridge here. The Kingsway Bridge is
the oniy bridge which can connect the east and west
sides of the river to each other. The proposed Como
Lake extension wouldn't serve this Purpose because it
would overpass Kingsway where it overpasses the

railway.

The existing Kingsway @ridge with its bad approaches
and narrow width is a continuous traffic hazard.
There were three accidents in the months of April and
May on this bridge this year.

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