June 28th, 1976

Moved by Alderman Keryluk:

Seconded by Alderman Mabbett:

WHEREAS the Board of School Trustees of Schocl District No. 43
(Coquitlam) has constructed the Hastings Junior Secondary School west of
the Coquitlam River, north of Lincoln Avenue, and east of Pipeline Road;

AND WHEREAS the said school is expected to open in September, 1976;

AND WHEREAS the majority of the students for the said school will
come from the area of the City of Port Coquitlam located east of the
Coquitlam River thus necessitating a long, arduous, and hazardous journey
to the said school;

AND WHEREAS an unsatisfactory condition arises as the only route to
the school is along the very busy Lougheed Highway which will shortly be
in process of widening from two lanes to four lanes thus presenting all
the consequent and usual hazards of detours, heavy road-building machinery,
unsatisfactory walking surfaces, etc.3

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of School Trustees of

School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) and the appropriate agencies of the
Provincial Covernment be requested to make the necessary funds available,
if that construction should begin, in order that an effective shuttle
bus service may be operated from the area of the City of Port Coquitlam
east of the Coquitlam River to the new Hastings Junior Secondary School
west of the River until such time as walking conditions along the Lougheed
Highway return to a reasonable standard.
Carried.
Alderman Thompson voted against the resolution.

During discussion of the foregoing resolution it was noted that for
many years students from the west side of the River have had to attend
schools on the east side and therefore use the Highway (in its present
condition) as access and hence the bussing provision should only apply

during the construction period. Alderman Leaking suggested that without

a great deal of expense on the part of the Department of Highways and

the City it would be possible to make a safe pathway from Manning Avenue
on the east side, across the bridge sidewalk, and along the dyke on the
west side of the River to the school.

Moved by Alderman Laking:

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That the Department of Highways and the City of Port Coquitlam

co-operate to improve the access to the bridge sidewalk crossing the