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COMMENTS:

A review of the Interm, Medium and Long-Range Transport 2021 reports and the comments
from the May 5, 1994 public meeting in Port Coquitlam on the Transport 2021 Transportation
Study indicate that the following are key concerms regarding the Transport 2021 Studies:

Lack of HOV lanes in Port Coquitlam.

Lack of strong Provincial initiatives to preserve future transportation rights of
ways.

Lack of identified funding sources for the Transportation projects to be constructed
prior to 2007.

Loss of municipal arterial road capacity to traffic outside of Port Coquitlam.

Lack of a Regional Bicycle Path Plan.

Regional traffic will shortcut through residential neighbourhoods to avoid
congestion on Provincial arterial highways.

Costs to municipalities for additional municipal infrastructure capital

improvements,

The thrust of the Transport 2021 Study is to change the habits of commuters by not building
highway facilities and making driving. more inconvenient. Rather than using this approach
which has many negative consequences, it is recornmended that the thrust of the Transport 2021
Study be changed to an objective of providing excellent bus transit, coramuter rail and Sky Train
transit systems so that the public has a convenient and viable alternate to using the car.

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LR. Zahynacz, P, Eng.
City Engineer

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