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REPORT
ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE n~J rn~ 2~ //
Date: May 25, 2009 ~'~~ ~.iiTlO-'1~4 ~hl ~b-~
Report #: EGD-021-09 File # By-law #
Subject: INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT BEAVER STREET AND KING
AVENUE, NEWCASTLE
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report EGD-021-09 be received;
2. THAT improvements consisting of the construction of bump outs at the intersection
of Beaver Street and King Avenue, Newcastle be approved; and
3. THAT funding in the amount of $35,000 be transferred from the unspent funds from
the 2009 Capital Sidewalk Replacement Unspecified project to the intersection
improvements project at Beaver Street and King Avenue, Newcastle.
Respectfully by,
Submitted by: Reviewed by: v ~ `~'"'M'~~-- v ~ ' `~--
A.S. Cannella, C.E.T., Franklin Wu,
Director of Engineering Services Chief Administrative Officer
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May 19, 2009
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T 905-623-3379 F 905-623-9282
REPORT NO.: EGD-021-09
1.0 BACKGROUND
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The intersection of Beaver Street and King Avenue in Newcastle is a typical
downtown environment with on street parking stalls, higher traffic volumes and
increased pedestrian counts.
At the request of Council and in collaboration with the Newcastle BIA staff has
been working to review the parking configurations at the intersection of Beaver
Street and King Avenue to look at whether improvements can be made to sight
lines at this intersection. Staff has reviewed the intersection and is suggesting
that improvements may be made by eliminating three parking spaces in the area
of the intersection (see attachment #1 ).
This proposal was presented in principle to the members of the Newcastle BIA
on May 14, 2009 and was well received by those in attendance. At that time staff
advised the members that the next step would be a report to Council to discuss
next steps, associated costs and to secure the appropriate approvals and
funding.
2.0 APPROACH
We believe that enhanced sight lines at the intersection of Beaver Street and
King Avenue can be achieved by removing three parking bays in this area. To
prevent parking in these spaces it will be necessary to install a physical barrier
such as may be achieved through the construction of a bump out with the
installation of bollards at each of the quadrants of the intersection (see
Attachment #2). Typically bump out treatments are installed as part of a much
larger streetscaping enhancement project. However, in Newcastle streetscaping
improvements are not currently in our forecast and so our challenge was to
provide an interim solution in the most cost-effective manner possible.
To achieve our objectives it is our suggestion that bollards be installed at the said
intersection to delineate the outline of a bump out similar to those installed in
Bowmanville within the downtown core. This treatment will provide guidance for
traffic through the intersection and will be further enhanced with a painted
surface and a painted guideline treatment delineating the bump out surface and
the edge of the driving lane.
As discussed with the Newcastle BIA, this is a very cost-effective treatment that
can be implemented ahead of any major streetscaping improvements and staff is
prepared to recommend these works. The estimated costs of this project are
estimated to be in the order of $35,000 but an advantage of this proposal is that
the bollards we would be installing are reusable in the ultimate streetscaping
scenario.
REPORT NO.: EGD-021-09
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3.0 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
3.1 This project was not originally included in the Municipality's 2009 Capital Budget
and as such there is no specific funding available. For Council's consideration
the funding of this project may be accommodated by utilizing the funds from
another Capital project that has been awarded and came in under budget leaving
unspent funds. This Capital project is the 2009 Sidewalk Replacement
Unspecified project approved in Report COD-030-09 with unspent funds of
$59,132.00. These funds could be redirected to fund this intersection
improvement project.
4.0 RECOMMENDATION
4.1 The construction of bump outs using bollards and painted surfaces at the
intersection of Beaver Street and King Avenue is a very cost effective, interim
measure that may offer the improved sightlines Council has indicated they would
like to see. Our recommendation is that Council approve the project as well as
the funding of the project as contained in this report.
4.2 The Director of Finance has reviewed this report and concurs with the financial
arrangements proposed.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 -Key Map
Attachment 2 -Key Map
List of Interested Parties:
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