Editor: We do not need another (effectively) collector road to get where we are going 鈥� 48 Avenue and 216 Street are sufficient and by no means over-utilized.
Making improvements to Old Yale that encourage increased vehicular traffic flow is both redundant and detracts from the spirit of the area鈥檚 historical designation.
If the road is rebuilt as an improved thoroughfare, we will certainly witness substantial increase in commuter traffic utilizing it.
This will conflict with the substantial and growing use of the corridor by both pedestrian and bicycle traffic, detracting not only from an 鈥榚njoyment of use鈥� standpoint but also a safety standpoint as well.
Speed will be an issue; the perfect 鈥榬ally road鈥� 鈥� long straightaway areas and a few exciting S-turns.
Without lighting and an ability to widen sufficiently, the increasing cyclist and pedestrian traffic along it will be put at risk.
It is awesome that eventually via the planned recreational corridor extension from the arboretum that there will be almost seamless connection to the City wetlands trail system through to LSS and the sports park.
To prioritize this in the planning would be smart.
These are the sorts of legacy decisions that make communities world class.
Or not.
It was a visionary decision by TOL to officially designate Old Yale east from Fraser Highway and the central 5 Corners area as a historical conservation area.
This should be built upon, not diminished.
Preserving these legacies will consequentially enhance community values by encouraging pedestrian and bicycle traffic and retaining a semblance of 鈥榃here City and Country Meet.鈥�
The emphasis on this project should be to strengthen and preserve this for the future.
I strongly support an option that closes the road to through traffic and emphasizes a contiguous recreational corridor.
Cleve Stordy,
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