COQUITLAM, B.C., May 9, 2024 – Coquitlam residents and commuters are invited to a drop-in information session to learn about Phase 2 of the Guildford Greenway project and road safety improvements.
- Date: Tuesday, May 14
- Time: Drop in between 4 and 7 p.m.
- Location: Lobby of City Centre Aquatic Complex (1210 Pinetree Way)
City staff will be available to answer questions and provide details on the project, and event display panels will be available on the project webpage after the event for anyone who is unable to attend: coquitlam.ca/GuildfordGreenway
The project supports the City’s long-term transportation goals for all road users, and work in 2024 for Phase 2 includes:
- New raised, one-way separated micromobility lanes (bike and scooter) on both sides of Guildford Way improving the safety and user comfort level;
- Wider sidewalks with visible separation between pedestrians and cyclists / scooters;
- Full traffic signals at the Pacific Street and Town Centre Boulevard intersections to improve operations;
- Improvements to street lighting and bus stops to make them safe and accessible;
- Boulevard beautification and landscaping; and
- Safety improvements at the Pinetree/Guildford intersection, such as:
- Removing the separated right-turn island for southbound turns on Pinetree Way to Guildford Way, and replacing with a standard right-turn lane;
- Providing dedicated left turn only signals to reduce collisions; and
- Prohibiting right turns on red movements for all approaches while adding right turn only signals to ensure adequate vehicle flow continues.
The City will also replant a sequoia tree, currently located on the southbound right-turn island that is being removed, to a sequoia grove in Town Centre Park.
Project Being Built in Three Phases
The Guildford Greenway and Road Safety Improvements project has three phases that will ultimately bring improved facilities for users of micromobility devices (e.g. bikes, scooters and their electrified forms) along Guildford Way from Port Moody to Coquitlam River Park.
The route will physically separate micromobility users from vehicles and pedestrians. The improvements will make it safer and more convenient for people walking, cycling and scootering to access amenities and destinations such as Eagle Ridge Pool and Park, City Centre Aquatic Complex, City Hall, Lafarge-Lake Douglas SkyTrain Station, Town Centre Park, Evergreen Cultural Centre and Coquitlam River.
- Completed in 2023, Phase 1 of the Guildford Greenway project extended from the Port Moody border to Johnson Street, with on-street micromobility lanes separated by curbs from vehicle travel lanes.
- Phase 3, set for 2025, will provide an improved micromobility connection eastward, adjacent to Town Centre Park, to Coquitlam River Park at Ozada Avenue. More information will be shared about this phase later in 2024.
About 65 per cent of Phase 2 is funded from senior levels of government including a $500,000 B.C. Active Transportation Infrastructure Grant and $3.2 million from TransLink’s Municipal Cost Share Programs.
Learn more about the project at coquitlam.ca/GuildfordGreenway.
Supporting Safe, Active Transportation
The Guildford Greenway project supports the City’s targets of zero road-related deaths and serious injuries, and that half of all trips by 2050 will be by foot, micromobility or transit. It also contributes to the sustainability goals in the Environmental Sustainability Plan and economic goals in the Economic Development Strategy.
The City is planning for increased micromobility use in a new E-Mobility Strategy and an update to the Strategic Transportation Plan, and recently extended its participation in the provincial e-scooter pilot until 2028, enabling people age 16 and up to continue to ride e-scooters on designated routes throughout Coquitlam or use the expanding e-scooter and e-bike sharing services in Coquitlam’s city centre.
Media contact:
Douglas McLeod
Director, Transportation
604-927-3500
epw@coquitlam.ca
We acknowledge with gratitude and respect that the name Coquitlam was derived from the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (HUN-kuh-MEE-num) word kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (kwee-KWET-lum) meaning “Red Fish Up the River”. The City is honoured to be located on the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm traditional and ancestral lands, including those parts that were historically shared with the q̓ic̓əy̓ (kat-zee), and other Coast Salish Peoples.