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SCHOOL OF REGIONAL PLANNING - COQUITLAM REGION RESIDENTIAL CONCEPT

Although only an exercise in the planning procedure a well thought
out study, the concept suggests 30 persons per acre or 210,000 —
population in Port Coquitlam. :

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persons long range {3 units per acre} medium density and 10,000
persons long range (18 units per acre) low density = 32,000 persons
on our existing population of 22,000 = 54,000 persons. This

figure does not inciude the 1,250 acres of land not presently
populated but designated "Urb". At 4 units an acre or 3,7 x4 =

14.8 persons per acre on this 1,259 acres would add an additional
18,500 to the 54,000 equalling 72,500 person in the City. This
figure would give us 25 persons per "Urb" acre or 10 persons per
gross acre. The point here is to arrive at a criteria to complete
the 1,250 acres of idle land at a density that will achieve our

Long Range Density desired. With the density desired either myself
or our Planning Consultant can prepare plans on the remaining acreage
adjusting the commercial and apartment phasing to carry the load
that the single family areas can not. In this plan consideration
So our park, school and commercial requirements can be derived.
The process that has brought this far, is still valid, and the
purpose of the background from 1961 to 1971 is to bring forth

the original concept and how it has flexed to meet the population
increase which was not predicted. Growth is inevitable therefore
timing and total population desired, in other words point of
Saturation, must be redefined as it is crystal clear 35,000 persons
originally predicted in 1961 as saturation is an unrealistic figure.