The final leg of Port Coquitlam’s Fremont connector is shaping up, with two options expected to go out for public input next month.
In March, city council approved the alignment for the first two sections of the Fremont connector: Burns Road to Prairie Avenue.
But it stopped short on making a definite line for Devon Road, which will one day connect with the Partington Creek neighbourhood on Burke Mountain. That northeastern community in Coquitlam is set to have 15,000 new residents over the next decade or so.
Yesterday, PoCo Coun. Brad West said his transportation solutions and public works committee met Wednesday to discuss the next steps for the Devon Road routing.
And after the potential alignments are reviewed by the city’s smart growth committee next month, the public will have a chance to voice their opinions; city council is expected to make its decision before the summer break, West said.
The Fremont connector “has been a long-standing issue that needs to be resolved,” West said. “This has been going on for far too long.”
PoCo council’s choice for the Devon route went against the city planning and engineering managers’ wishes as well as the city of Coquitlam’s. PoCo councillors made clear they wanted as little impact to the residents in the Sun Valley neighbourhood, especially those living on St. Thomas Street, west of the BC Hydro power lines.
