Dear Editor
Re: Pedestrian/bike lane proposal along Willingdon at Brentwood.
The main issue around Willingdon and cycle lanes is not a small path through some proposed greenspace – it’s not on any existing cycle route and it won’t lead to one.
The bigger issue HUB and other cyclists should be asking to be addressed regards cyclists heading west on Lougheed Highway and having to cross a right turning lane just before Willingdon.
In rush hour, this is an extremely dangerous intersection as cars will zoom up in the right turning lane and then stop suddenly in the centre bike lane to try and merge (illegally) left into heavy traffic flowing west.
There needs to be a 12-inch cement island put in between the right turning lane and the flow-through traffic to prevent cars trying to jump the flow-through traffic.
That would make it significantly safer for cyclists in that area – and it is on a designated cycle route.
Sally Gillies, Burnaby
