REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: July 6, 2020 Report No. EPW-20-016
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
Title
Traffic Order No. 1316 - Colville Road "No Parking" Restriction End
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approve the implementation of Traffic Order 1316 "No Parking Restriction" along Colville Road, as outlined in Staff Report No. EPW-20-016.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Streets and Traffic Regulation Bylaw, 2017, No. 2898
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy, Livable & Diverse Community - Support multi-modal transportation strategies that reflect the cumulative impact of business and residential development.
BACKGROUND:
Colville Road is identified in the Official Community Plan bylaw as a residential collector road. Vehicles Park on both sides of Colville Road to access the homes and nearby employment centres including the Esquimalt Graving Dock, DND and the Seaspan. Parking along Colville Road is very well utilized.
There is a sports field on the north side of Colville Road between Intervale Avenue and Hutchinson Avenue that is used by the Department of National Defense. In the past vehicular access to the sports field was achieved by driving over the mountable curb in front of the gate. The curb had been painted yellow to prevent vehicles from blocking the gate.
When the Colville Road curb and gutter was reinstated after power conduit construction Township staff directed the contractor to construct a proper driveway access curb in this location. This was to prevent vehicles from damaging the curb.
As well DND has requested additional curb painting on either side of the driveway for 4 metres (Township policy provides two metres on each side of driveway) to ensure that vehicles entering or exiting the field can safely turn into traffic on Colville Road. See Attachments 1 and 2 for Traffic Order and location map.
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1. Rationale for Selected Option
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