The request has been made to have 25th Street returned back to its intended residential nature. Similar requests have also been received from parents and students of Harwood and Ecole Beairsto Elementary Schools during their School Travel Plans (2009-2012), which identified 25th Street as a desirable walking and cycling route to school. During the public consultations for the Healthy Communities Workshops, the Pedestrian and Bike Master Plan and the East Hill Neighbourhood Plan, parents, residents and students also identified 25th Street as an opportunity to connect to other pedestrian and cycle routes.
Proposed changes to 25th Street have been designed to meet these requests while achieving the best balance between cost and results. By preventing the "through movements" at key intersections, this "through traffic" will be redirected to 27th Street. It should be noted that to prevent the "through movements" along 25th Street, the medians / islands will also prevent left turns into / out of 25th Street at three intersections listed below. Please click here to view the draft design.
Proposed - one centre median in 32nd Avenue at its intersection with 25th Street
Proposed - two islands in 25th Street at its intersection with 39th Avenue
Proposed - one centre median in 43rdAvenue at its intersection with 25th Street
In 25th Street, apart from making sure that parking doesn’t take place too close to intersections, crosswalks or driveways, parking will not be changed. To provide the room for the centre median in 43rd Avenue, parking would be removed as shown on the attached plan. For pedestrians, sidewalks are proposed to be built on the west side of 25th Street from Pleasant Valley Road to 46th Avenue with marked crosswalks at intersections. However, due to the large cost involved, this will be installed in sections over a number of years subject to budget approval. With the “through traffic” removed, 25th Street will be an attractive cycle route. Cyclists will be able to use 25th Street without the need for painted bike lanes and will be able to travel straight through all intersections, yielding as required.
The RCMP, Fire Service and Ambulance services have already been consulted and raised no objections to these proposals. Before proceeding further, we would like to consider your views and determine the level of residents support for moving this proposal forward this year. Details and a larger design plan will be presented on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 from 6pm to 8 pm at the Arbour Room of the Alliance Church located at 2601 – 43rd Avenue with representatives from Interior Health and Community Policing. Please use the 27th Street entrance to enter the Arbour Room. Parking is accessed from 27th Street or 43rd Avenue. We encourage you to attend this public consultation
Please note that as the proposed 25th Street Neighbourhood Traffic Management could possibly add one to two minutes to residents’ own trips made in a car, it is required that the majority of the residents support this proposal for it to proceed. In line with the City’s Neighbourhood Traffic Management Policy, 66% of the residents within the area shown on the attached plan must state their positive support for the removal of the through and left turn movements at the three intersections described.
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Don Quixote Note:
This is a TR-7 TDM Dcc Project. As you can see what was to proceeed in 2013 (Carried over to 2014) was the public consultation of the Cycling Corridor and first stage. (Cost $100,000). Total project $945,051 ($444,174 DCC's)
P463-464
P.438 indicates $47,000 to come from DCC's against the first $100,000 in this first stage.
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