Chemainus Road Corridor Upgrade OPEN HOUSE PRESENTATION August 13, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

OPEN HOUSE PRESENTATION

August 13, 2019

Chemainus Road Corridor Upgrade

Introduce Municipal Staff

David Conway – Director of Engineering Don Stewart - Director of Parks and Recreation Barbara Thomas – Manager of Engineering John DeHoop – Senior Engineering Technician Morgan McLeod – Development Planner Kara Labelle – Student Environmental Engineer

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Agenda

5:00 pm – Refreshments 5:30 pm – Presentation 6:00 pm – Question and Answers

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Purpose

To inform and consult with the residents, businesses and community representatives that are adjacent to Chemainus Road Corridor between Henry Road and Victoria Street regarding the installation of infrastructure and road upgrades to Chemainus Rd and the River Rd and Chemainus Rd roundabout.

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Chemainus Town Centre Revitalization Plan

• Sewer, water and drainage replacement
• Lane width limited to prioritize pedestrians

and bicycles

• Street trees for traffic calming
• River Road and Victoria St roundabout
• Road improvement project for gateway

corridor into Chemainus

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5 Key Project Areas

One of these areas was Streets and Lanes Under this area, Chemainus Rd identified as key road to improve Implementation Plan (part 4) for Chemainus Rd improvement called for: 1 2 3

Location

• Corridor Upgrade along Chemainus

Road between Henry Rd. and Victoria St.

• Chemainus Road is the transportation

spine for pedestrian and cyclists

• The roundabout at River Rd. and

Chemainus Rd. is under design.

• The intersection of Victoria St. and

Chemainus Rd. is under study.

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Existing Roundabout Planned roundabout

Deliverables

Revitalization Plan 7 Corridor Upgrade

Sawmill ill Sawmill mill

Not to scale

Works Involved-North portion

Victoria St to River Rd Segment 8

Works Involved – South portion

River Rd to Henry Rd Segment 9

Street Furniture

• Decorative street lighting
• Benches
• Garbage receptacles
• Wayfinding signage
• Paver stones
• Grass and trees boulevard

areas on the east side

• Trees planted in the bump
• uts on west side.
• Irrigated Landscaping &

Gardens

• Tree lighting

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Art Ideas

Consideration is being given to art projects:

• Kiosk wrap – Photo contest
• Footprints
• Open to ideas until Dec 31 2019

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Construction Timing

We are here 12

Traffic and Pedestrian Management

during Construction

• Single lane

alternating traffic

• Expect delays
• Flaggers on

site to direct traffic and pedestrians

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Traffic and Pedestrian Management

during Construction

• Possible pedestrian

detour route via CVRD Trail next to the railway

• Local traffic will

have access to residential and business driveways at all times.

• Contractor will

provide Traffic Management Plan

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Project Updates

• Project webpage: www.northcowichan.ca/chemainusroad
• Contact:

Morgan McLeod, Development Planner morgan.mcleod@northcowichan.ca (250) 746-3190 David Conway, Project Manager david.conway@northcowichan.ca (250) 746-3136

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Next phase: Mid-September 2019 – Tender awarded for underground works

Thank you for attending

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Questions and Answer Session

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