Traffic safety improvements could soon be on the way at several key intersections in Port Coquitlam if the city can secure a partnership with ICBC.
Once PoCo approves its capital budget for 2012, staff hope to enter into an agreement with the insurance corporation for several upgrades aimed at reducing the number of collisions.
Engineering staff hope to add left-turn bays at the intersections of Prairie Avenue at Oxford Street and Prairie at Flint Street, and a pedestrian-activated traffic signal at Coast Meridian Road and Patricia Avenue.
Other projects include lane improvements at Lougheed Highway and Westwood Street and Kingsway Avenue and Coast Meridian Road to the Mary Hill Bypass. Additional signage and pedestrian improvements are also being sought along Westwood.
Each year, the city implements traffic safety improvements in an effort to reduce the frequency and severity of crashes on local roads.
The city has partnered with ICBC in the past in order to fund safety studies and road improvements.
Last year, ICBC helped pay for the full traffic signal at Coast Meridian and Salisbury Avenue as well as the widening of southbound lanes at Coast Meridian and Prairie. Several other signal improvements and left-turn bays were also added to the local road network.
