HUB Tri-Cities Gaps

Ministry Highway gaps

1.Barnet Highway connections to Port Moody are unacceptable. The painted bike lanes disappear altogether at the Port Moody border. This is unsafe for everyone.

2.Lougheed Highway between the Pitt River bridge and Coquitlam Town Center is very unsafe. The Coquitlam stretch has no protections between Christmas Way and Pinetree Way, and the Port Coquitlam stretch jumps between painted lanes and no lane at all. There is a need to provide a continuous, safe path for cyclists.

3.Fix the Lougheed-Brunette intersection properly. The bike lanes on Lougheed disappear and become "sharrows", posing a safety hazard for everyone, and Brunette is also unsafe. Traffic volumes and speeds exceed what anyone could consider safe using "shared lanes". Lougheed Highway and Brunette intersection:

4.Fix remaining issues with the Pitt River Bridge. Connections from the south are particularly bad, and the descent from the Traboulay Trail dikes to the Mary Hill Bypass is steep, narrow, heavily treed, and rough. This must be fixed before many others get hurt. In addition, the bridge could use some upgrades to make it more friendly to commuter cyclists Pitt River Bridge:

Other Gaps

1. A multi-use path on Kingsway, connecting the dike system to downtown Port Coquitlam at Tyner Street. This section is coming between 2022-2023, according to the City of Port Coquitlam.

2. Some sections of the Barnet Highway through Coquitlam are still sharrows. This is terrible. Barnet Highway,Coquitlam:

3. Crosstown bike route completion (Coquitlam) https://www.letsgobiking.net/advanced/152-coquitlam-crosstown/

4. A route between downtown Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam Centre, utilizing Kingsway Avenue to connect to the existing multi-use path along Lougheed as well as the Chilko bike route.

5. Bike lanes parallel to Clarke Road in Coquitlam. Coquitlam plans to build as development opportunities arise. Evergreen Line bike way (Clarke Road):

A few more notes:

• The first order of priority for "gap logging" is Ministry highways, and related crossings/junctions.

• All other gaps in jurisdiction - anything and everything related to infrastructure issues - should be added to this list as soon as you are able.

• The main purpose of this exercise is to help the Tri-Cities Committee elevate priorities, and get appropriate support from RAC and HUB staff.

• Please read the User Guide, as it reinforces the following point - we will make necessary changes to this tool to make it work for the committees.