March 152th,' 1973

Paomion David Barrett,
Perttament Suiidings,

Victorin, B.C.

it. Paenicr: Re: Lougheed Highway and Sharpe Street
tighvay Location

_. Fotlowing the meeting that ! § the Distriar of
Coquétian and eS Ugo conerining the above-noted
sunfect, 2 wuld be announed

he : ap at

He announcerent has yet bean mate and the Addeuen and I receive many
telephone calls daily from the residents of the area wio are, quite naturatty,
very concetnet about tie kisiary doection., be have irewel rumors tut anotienr

: fd and your Goverment is again considering using
we Sireed alijwaent. iatuatdy, this is 0§ concer to us as we would
prejer fe see the existing Right-of-iay utivized if at all possible, Skoutd
tres haowen, we antiednade that a gerergl upgrading of tie properties adjacent
to tae present hignway will oceur and, of course, Zio purchase of a naw corri-
dox thrcugh an environmentally attractive area an! interference with Scott Creek
“WMhE be avodl

with Aespect Lo the tick route in the District 06 Coquittan, you with
recall {rom oun meeting that Mavor Tonn atated that the truck aoute would be
built promptty regardless of the highway Location and we trust he will stil
honour this conmétment.

, Even though we are urging your Government to use the present highway
Location, we would not want you to think that we have Lost bight of the primary
objective of the highway reconstrmuetion ln the artea - a grade separation at the
C.P.R. miinkine, That this is absolutely essential becomes nore evident with
each passing day as further reports of traffic disruption and klays ane reported
to us. Theregore, we would urge your Government to make its decision on a aoute
and commence constiuction without delay in onder that this problem can be atfev-

Yours very truly,

L. B. Seett,
Mayor,

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March 29th, 1973.

His Worship

Mayor L. B. Scott,
City of Port Coquitlam,
City Hall,
2272 McAllister Avenue,
Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Dear Mayor Scott:

Thank you for your letter of March 15th,
1973,

After careful consideration it has been
decided that the Sharpe Street alignment that
was originally proposed is the best plan to
follow through on. ‘

This announcement is to be forthcoming
from the Highways Department if it has not already
been made, We have given a great deal of con-
sideration to this decision and it was not an
easy one to make.

However, the decision now made is final,

and the Highways Department have assured me
they will proceed imnediately with construction.

Yours very truly,
Pon

Cigud

David"Barrett,
Premier.

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