Lougheed Highway) Is for Residents and Businesses in Pitt Meadows
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Welcome Highway 7 Corridor Improvement Plan We know how important Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway) is for residents and businesses in Pitt Meadows. We’re early in the process of identifying potential future strategies for a Highway 7 Corridor Improvement Plan, and we want to hear from you about the things that will benefit you most. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU With your input, we will continue working to identify future improvements along Lougheed Highway that will: ʯ Improve safety and reliability ʯ Reduce congestion and support climate change objectives HOW YOUR FEEDBACK WILL BE CONSIDERED by reducing emissions Feedback from First Nations, local government, the public ʯ Increase reliability of transit service, making it easier for and stakeholders is vital to understanding the needs, people to choose transit interests and opportunities associated with the Highway 7 ʯ Enhance pedestrian and cycling connections corridor. ʯ Facilitate efficient goods movement The feedback you provide will be considered, along with ʯ Support the City of Pitt Meadows’ economic development, technical, environmental and financial information, as the land use and transportation objectives Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure plans for transportation improvements along this corridor over the coming years. 1 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CITY OF PITT MEADOWS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT About Highway 7 Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway) is an important link for travel and goods movement at the local, regional, and provincial level. N KENNEDY ROAD It serves some of the fastest growing OLD DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD communities in Metro Vancouver, including Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam and Mission. As growth in these communities WESTBOUND: continues, so will congestion and safety issues EASTBOUND: TWO GENERAL THREE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES along the corridor. In addition, economic PURPOSE LANES development opportunities associated with the AND HOV LANE Katzie First Nation, increasing traffic at the West HIGHWAY 7 Coast Express station, growth at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport, and goods movement by commercial transport and Canadian Pacific’s ALLENWAY Vancouver Intermodal Facility will require HARRIS ROAD future investments. HOV/BUS LANE GOLDEN EARS WAY TO KENNEDY ROAD Through Pitt Meadows, the Highway 7 corridor is approximately 6 kilometers long, from the Pitt River Bridge in the west to the border of PITT MEADOWS Maple Ridge in the East. Within this stretch, the TO PITT MEADOWS posted speed limit is between 60 and 80 km/ REGIONAL AIRPORT hr. Westbound, there are two general-purpose PARK lanes of travel with a high occupancy vehicle ROAD (HOV) lane, and eastbound, there are three HWY 7 EASTBOUND HOV/BUS LANE EASTBOUND QUEUE JUMPER general-purpose lanes. HWY 7 WESTBOUND SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION WESTBOUND QUEUE JUMPER 2 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CITY OF PITT MEADOWS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Corridor Traffic Evaluation On weekdays, eastbound peak hours occur in the morning The two most congested and accident prone from 5:45 am to 9:15 am and westbound peak hours intersections along the corridor are Old Dewdney occur in the afternoon from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm. Trunk Road/Kennedy Road and Harris Road, both of which are signalized. Approximately 90% to 95% of traffic volumes are 69% of commuters in Pitt Meadows travel to other passenger vehicles and 5% to 10% are commercial municipalities or regions for work on a daily basis. vehicles and buses. In 2018, Highway 7 sees an Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) count of approximately 71,500 vehicles a day, split eastbound and westbound. HIGHWAY 7 N GOLDEN EARS WAY PITT MEADOWS GOLDEN EARS WAY MAPLE RIDGE Maintained and operated by TransLink, Golden Ears Way is a significant contributor of traffic on the Highway 7 corridor. Traffic along Golden Ears Way has increased 26% since the removal of the toll on the Golden Ears Bridge in September 2017. AVERAGE DAILY WEEKDAY TRAFFIC September 2016 September 2017 42,900 vehicles 53,850 vehicles 3 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CITY OF PITT MEADOWS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Travel Times and Operating Speeds As shown on these maps, there are sections along Highway 7 where traffic moves at speeds much lower than the posted speed limits of 60km/h and 80 km/h at certain times of the day. AM PEAK HOUR AVERAGE TRAVEL SPEEDS (FALL 2017) PM PEAK HOUR AVERAGE TRAVEL SPEEDS (FALL 2017) N N OLD DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD OLD DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD KENNEDY KENNEDY ROAD ROAD POSTED SPEED: 80KM/H POSTED SPEED: 80KM/H HARRIS ROAD HARRIS ROAD ALLENWAY HIGHWAY 7 ALLENWAY HIGHWAY 7 GOLDEN EARS WAY GOLDEN EARS POSTED SPEED: 60KM/H POSTED SPEED: 60KM/HWAY PARK PARK ROAD ROAD FORD ROAD FORD ROAD PITT MEADOWS PITT MEADOWS TO PITT MEADOWS TO PITT MEADOWS REGIONAL AIRPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT <= 20 KM/HR 20 KM/HR – 40 KM/HR 40 KM/HR – 60 KM/HR <= 20 KM/HR 20 KM/HR – 40 KM/HR 40 KM/HR – 60 KM/HR 60 KM/HR – 80 KM/HR > 80 KM/HR 60 KM/HR – 80 KM/HR > 80 KM/HR 4 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CITY OF PITT MEADOWS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OLD DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD/KENNEDY ROAD HARRIS ROAD Safety and HIGHWAY 7 Reliability NUMBER OF INJURY COLLISIONS (2012 – 2016) NUMBER OF INJURY COLLISIONS (2012 – 2016) NUMBER OF INJURY COLLISIONS (2012 – 2016) HWY 7: OLD DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD/KENNEDY ROAD HWY 7: OLD DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD/KENNEDY HWY 7: HARRIS ROAD ROAD TO HARRIS ROAD The two intersections with the highest frequency 9 9 of collisions are Highway 7 at Harris Road, and at 8 Old Dewdney Trunk Road/Kennedy Road. At these 7 RELIABILITY intersections, the most frequent type of collision is 6 rear enders. The posted speed limit along Highway 7 5 5 5 From 2008 to 2017, vehicle between Old Dewdney Trunk Road/Kennedy Road and 4 4 collisions and construction projects caused an average Harris Road is 80 km/hr and the average speed in both 3 directions is 85 km/hr. 2 of 1.6 road closures per year 2 1 1 2 on the study corridor. Rail crossings also contribute Based on the Provincial Collision Prone List, Highway 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 7 at Old Dewdney Trunk Road/Kennedy Road and 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 24 to congestion and can Harris Road are identified as collision prone due to the FATAL COLLISION cause significant delays frequency and severity of collisions. for commuters. In 2015, an average of approximately COLLISION TYPES FOR SERIOUS COLLISIONS COLLISION TYPES FOR SERIOUS COLLISIONS COLLISION TYPES FOR SERIOUS COLLISIONS 40 trains crossed the tracks (2012 – 2016) (2012 – 2016) (2012 – 2016) at Harris Road and Kennedy HWY 7: OLD DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD/KENNEDY ROAD HWY 7: OLD DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD/KENNEDY HWY 7: HARRIS ROAD Road each day. While the REAR END COLLISIONS ROAD TO HARRIS ROAD frequency of trains remains consistent, the length of Safety is the top priority for the Ministry. Higher REAR END 17 REAR END 14 REAR END 14 trains are long and cause traffic volumes and congestion can lead to further delays for drivers. UNKNOWN 5 stress, fatigue and driver inattentiveness, which RIGHT TURN 1 OVERTAKING 3 OVERTAKING can in turn result in rear end collisions. That’s OFF ROAD 4 why improving traffic flow along the Highway RIGHT ONE WAY STREET 1 INTERSECTION 90˚ 3 7 corridor is a focus of future improvements. LEFT TURN 90˚ 2 OFF ROAD RIGHT 1 UNKNOWN 2 OVERTAKING 1 RIGHT TURN UNKNOWN 1 1 OFF ROAD READ END LEFT 1 LEFT TURN 90˚ 1 LEFT TURN HEAD ON 1 5 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CITY OF PITT MEADOWS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Current Improvements Here are a couple of things that we are doing now to improve the flow of people and goods along the Highway 7 corridor. HIGHWAY 7 IMPROVEMENTS SUPPORTING FASTER AND MORE RELIABLE Along with the Government of Canada, we’re investing $70 BUS SERVICE million to improve Highway 7 through Pitt Meadows, Maple We’re working with TransLink to support the Ridge and Mission. Within Pitt Meadows, $6.2 million is being implementation of a new B-Line service along Highway invested to extend the eastbound right turn lane at Harris 7 in 2019. Road. This will create an auxiliary lane between Allen Way and Harris Road, allowing commercial vehicles exiting the CP Future improvements along Highway 7 will help ensure yard to merge safely with highway traffic and reduce traffic that transit service remains fast and reliable even with impacts on Highway 7. population growth. These improvements will be completed by spring 2019. N HIGHWAY 7 ALLEN WAY HIGHWAY 7 CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENTS HARRIS ROAD RIGHT TURN IMPROVEMENT PITT MEADOWS HARRIS ROAD 6 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CITY OF PITT MEADOWS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Future Priorities for Highway 7 The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has identified the following potential priorities to be addressed through the development of a Highway 7 Improvement Plan. We want to know which of these are your highest priority. N MAPLE RIDGE OLD DEWDNEY TRUNK ROAD HIGHWAY 7 PARK KENNEDY ROAD ROAD WAY ALLEN GOLDEN HARRIS EARS WAY CP VANCOUVER ROAD INTERMODAL TERMINAL CP CASCADE SUBDIVISION PITT MEADOWS IMPROVING SAFETY REDUCING CONGESTION SUPPORTING TRANSIT, FACILITATING GOODS ʯ Improve safety along ʯ Reduce congestion PEDESTRIAN AND MOVEMENT Highway 7, with a focus on throughout the Highway CYCLING MOVEMENTS ʯ Support efficient goods reducing rear end collisions 7 corridor by considering ʯ Support fast and efficient movement by truck and rail at the intersections with various strategies and transit service through the ʯ Consider how investments Old Dewdney Trunk Road/ infrastructure investments corridor through providing planned by others, such Kennedy Road, Harris Road (see next board) transit priority lanes as road and rail grade and Golden Ears Way ʯ Provide enhanced pedestrian separations or connector ʯ Enhance pedestrian and and cycling connections to roads, could change future cyling safety and connections encourage transit use and traffic patterns and volumes walking and cycling through Pitt Meadows 7 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CITY OF PITT MEADOWS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Potential Future Priorities and Improvements There are a number of strategies that we could look at to improve the flow of traffic along Lougheed Highway.