12 - Wednesday, November 30, 1988 - North Shore News

WV speed
ramps to be
installed

IN RESPONSE to repeated
complaints about the traffic
in a 1700 block laneway,
West Vancouver District will
be installing its first speed
deterrent ramp.

By MAUREEN CURTIS
Contributing Writer

The lane, which connects 17th
and 18th streets a half a block up
from Marine Drive, receives a dai-
ly traffic volume of more than 800
cars.

According to local resident Ed-
ward Guy, most of the traffic is
comprised of eastbound vehicles
that are avoiding the nearby traf-
fic light on Marine Drive.

“I'm not entirely sure that the
ramps will deter this traffic vol-
ume,’’ Guy told West Vancouver
District Council Monday night.

The ramps, which rise about five
inches over 10 feet, and are less of
an impediment to pedestrians than
speed bumps, are successfully in
use in the City of Vancouver.

District engineers said the ramps
are the only safe, practical, physi-
cal way to address the concerns of
area residents.

The lane speed limit will also be
changed from 25km/h to 20 km/h,
for which the speed ramps are
designed. ‘

Outgoing Ald. Gordon
Rowntree was concerned that in-
Stallation of the ramps, the first on
municipal property, would set a
precedent for more such installa-
tions.

“It looks like the thin edge of
the wedge to me,’’ said Rowntree.

This is a ‘‘test installation’’ of
the ramps, which will be
monitored by the engineering
department for six months, at
which time a relevant policy may
be considered.

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