THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0 U N
MEMORANDUM

OCT 31 1983

TO: October 26, 1983

FROM: Peters., P. Eng.,
ty Engineer

SUBJECT: Replacement of Bailey Bridge -
Public Works Committee, October 25th, 1983

RECOMMENDATION:

That no further consideration be given +o the
relocation of the Kingsway Bridge to the Pitt River Road bridge
site.

BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:

. Associated Engineering Services Ltd. was requested to
provide Council with a report on the feasibility of relocating
the Kingsway Bridge to the old Red Bridge site. That report
has now been completed and members of Council wilt have
received a copy separately for their consideration.

The report recommends that the bridge not be
relocated and the Public Works Committee concurs with this
recommendation. The major reasons are:

1, The estimated cost is higher than the earlier
estimate. This is because we are unable to use the
existing trestle approach becausa of the extra weight
and length of the Kingsway Bridge,

The* minimum cost relocation would be a direct.
replacement of the Bailey Bridge without extensive
rebuilding of the approaches. {ft this option were
selected, traffic disruption would be intolerable,

lf the option of placing the bridge beside the Bailey
Bridge were selected, this would cost $700,000 which
is not much less than the $1,000,000 cost of building
a brand new bridge to proper elevation.

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