’ THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

ITEM III — Continued

unlikely that the posting of truck route signs would change the
number of trucks using the road past the school but it might

be perceived as such by the residents. Therefore the Committee
recommends that only Coast Meridian Road from the Lougheed Highway
to Prairie Avenue be designated as a truck route.

I would like to point out two potential problems with
this recommendation. The first is that the conditions for a
grant under revenue sharing act for Prairic Avenue are that no
class of vehicle will be restricted from the road without Depart-
ment of Highways approval. In order to designate Coast Meridian
as a truck route, it would be necessary to post appropriate signs
along the highway as well as on Prairie Avenue at the end of
the truck route. This might result in questions about our pre-
vious grant received for Prairie Avenue and might result in loss
of a grant for future construction on Prairie Avenue. The second
concern is that large areas of the north side are inaccessible
from the one proposed truck route. This would mean that legally
trucks going to other areas would still be entitled to use other
roads such as Dominion, Burns, Prairie, Oxford, ete. Although
the trucks would be using these routes legitimately, Council
may well get many complaints from People about the trucks not
being on the truck route.

The abeve points do not necessarily make a truck
route on Coast Meridian unfeasible, but I do wish Council to
be aware of these problems prior to making the decision,

Respectfully submitted,

F.E.Potors, Py
City Engineer.