JAN 12 1981

TO: Mayor and Council . January 8, 1981

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0 {J N
, MEMORANDUM

FROM: Public Works Committee

Report of Public Works Committee meeting held Tuesday,
December Sth, 1981. . .

IN ATTENDANCE: Alderman LL.M. Traboulay, Chairman

Alderman J.J. Keryluk, Co-Chairman
F.E. Peters, P. Eng.,, City Engineer

Item I

Re: Request for Lighting at Lions Way Crosswalk

The Committee considered a letter from Mr. Davy dealing with
the lighting at the cr Davy points out
that it is

g with the’ same problem.
fact that crosswalks are not safet
often occur in crosswalks hec
seen by the drivers and that Good lighting
is therefore very important t alk’,

The Committee recognizes that there are many crosswalks in the
City which do not have adequate lighting. However, several special
considerations apply to this crosswalk. In the first place, it is
situated in such a position that drivers often are concentrating on
merging from two lanes into one lane rather than in whether the
crosswalk is occupied. ‘in the second place, pedestrians using the
crosswalk often are concerned about crossing the road to catch
another bus and therefore are less inclined to pay attention to
traffic.

Council dealt with a request for lighting once in the past and
the request was not approved because money was not available. The
previous request involved the replacement of the existing overhead
Sign poles with a combination sign plus street light pole at each
side. The cost would have been in the order of $3,000.00. Instead
of doing this, the Committee would like to try the installation of
a floodlight on each existing pole aimed over the crosswalk as
shown in the attached sketch. The cost of this would be approximately
$1,200.00. The Committee recommends that this project be approved
as’ part of the 198] Budget and that the necessary funds be allocated
immediately so that the project can be started.

A sketch showing the proposed arrangement of the floodlighting
is attached.