THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

Kip Gaudry DATE: October 29, 1990 Deputy City Engineer

Ike deBoer Project Technician

No Post Barrier Installation Adjacent to 1498 Pitt River Road

RECOMMENDATION:

BACKGROUND

Place approximately 12.2 metres of no post barrier in boulevard along Columbia Avenue adjacent to 1498 Pitt River Road.

AND COMMENTS:

SOLUTION

The owner of a residence at the corner of Columbia and Pitt River Road approached City Hall Engineering staff about an incident that occurred approximately 2 weeks ago outside his home. The home is located at the southwest corner of Columbia Avenue and Pitt River Road. The rear of the house is approximately im lower than the south Columbia Avenue curb line. Columbia Avenue has a grade of 134% to Pitt River Road.

His description of the incident is as follows: A pick-up truck had pulled up to the Columbia Market (1502 Columbia). The driver got out and the vehicle started to roll backwards across the parking lot, across the road, and came to a stop on the boulevard; this caused the pick-up canopy to slide off and hit the house causing minor damage.

The homeowner noted that if a barrier curb and gutter had been iustalled as opposed to the rollover gutter type, this incident may have been avoided. Also, if a vehicle was to park along the curb with the front wheels turned in, the rollover curb would not be able to stop a vehicle if the brakes should fail while being parked.

SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

Two solutions to prevent vehicles accidently crossing the boulevard adjacent to 1498 Pitt River Road are as follows:

1) Replace existing rollover curb with barrier curb and gutter, To remove and replace approx. 25m of curb c/w asphalt repair @

$75.00/m = $1,875.00 +.

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