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"THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM (* 0 U \, {>

MEMORANDUM
nl JUN 19 1978

TO: Mayor and Council . June 16th, 1978

FROM: Public Works Committee

Report from the Public Works Committee Meeting held Thursday,
June 15th, 1978 at 3:45 p.m.

IN ATTENDANCE: Alderman E.W. Mabbett
F.E. Peters
G.W. Ulmer
L. Melnechenko (part of the time)

ITEM I

Re: Coquitlam - Oxford Intersection

The Committee reconsidered the accident problem at
the Coquitlam - Oxford Intersection. Traffic counts taken
during the past. week were available and indicated that traffic
patterns were not very much different from the traffic count
taken in August of last year. There has been a general increase
in all directions and the peak hour traffic flow in the north
direction has increased considerably.

Two possible actions which might reduce the accident
rate were considered. One possibility would be to paint STOP
Ahead signs on the roadway of Coguitlam Avenue in order to pro-
vide additional warning of the STOP sign. The other solution
would be to install a four-way stop.

A‘four-way stop is not usually used at intersections
where the volumes are as low as this one. However, where there
is a serious accident problem, a four-way stop may solve the
problem with only a moderate amount of inconvenience to the
traffic. In view of the relatively high number of angle accidents
which have occurred at this intersection through people running
the STOP sign on Coquitlam Avenue, it was felt that a four-way
stop -should be tried.

TRAFFIC COUNTS - Vehicles Per Day

Direction of Flow June 1978 August 1977

North of Oxford 2850 1950
South on Oxford 1600 1359
East on Coquitlam Missing - . 950
West on Coquitiam ° 1600 ; 1600