REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: September 28, 2015 Report No. EPW-15-023
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
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Possible configurations for Munro Street/Fraser Street/Bewdley Avenue /Saxe Point Park Intersection.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Option 1 be undertaken with funding coming from the current operation budget and the work carried out in 2015.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
N/A
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy and Liveable Community
Well Managed and Maintained Infrastructure
BACKGROUND:
At the May 25, 2015 meeting of Council, Council received a delegation requesting a crosswalk at the intersection of the Munro Street/Fraser Street/Bewdley Avenue/Saxe Point Park (Intersection). Council then directed Engineering to prepare a report on the feasibility and cost of a proposed crosswalk at Saxe Point Park.
The intersection is a five legged intersection. Fraser Street and Munro Street are considered the major roads and Bewdley Avenue (both legs) and Saxe Point are considered the minor roads. Both the Bewdley legs and the Saxe Point leg have traffic control on them (stop signs) The Munro and Fraser legs do not have any traffic control on them. All legs of the intersection do not have any crosswalk markings. The north west, east and south corners have accessibility ramps while the south west corner does not. Please see attachments 1 and 2 for an aerial view.
Due to earlier concerns raised by residents, staff had carried out a warrant analysis of the Intersection. The results of the analysis were that crosswalk markings were not warranted for this intersection based on the traffic volume and Transportation Association of Canada Guidelines (TAC).
Further analysis on the Intersection was carried out in a joint Township/ICBC study (Traffic Control Review, Township of Esquimalt) in 2014. This analysis did not identify that the Interse...
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