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Me. le M. Traboulay
Mayor er

City of Port Coquitlam
City Hall

2880 Shaughnessy Street
Port Caquitlam, 8. C.
VEC 2h8

Dear Mayor Traboulay:

This is te request the removal of the tall trees planted in the median of
the Lougheed Highway between Westwood Street. and Hastings Street. Sone reasons
are: . ,

4) Tre tall trees create 4 visual, barrier preventing people travelling

east from seeing the businesses om the north side and people travelling
west from seeing the businesses om the south side. These businesses
need visability to compete in am ever more competitive market place.
Many af the potential customers are ceming ta the businesses For the
First time and have trouble finding them. Most retail businesses
require a strong visual impact to bring its oreducts and services ta
the attention of potential customers, and same amount of this visa~
bility is denied toa these business operators.

The visability problem is getting continually worse ag the trees grow

wider and thicler.

The trees create an unsafe visual barrier for pedestrians. Net only
are pedestrians. obscurred by the trees sa when they step ofF the median
to cross the street there is mo warning but the pedestrians have to
steo right omte the curb or onts the road in order to see decause the
trees are so wide maw.

The tall trees are an unfair hindrance to the affected businesses be~
cause gimilar medians do not have tall trees. Why should similar busi-~
messes with similar highway Frontage be treated differently? The
Lougheed Highway heading east from Shaughnessy is virtually identical
Avekm en in dimensions, age, and. constr nm yet the median anly has law lying
7) i oe shrubbery. The new Mary Hil bifida BAGE rot have a planted median at

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