The City of Burnaby is continuing to help neighbourhoods in their quest to become safer by approving new road infrastructure.
Namely: speed humps.
Dirty ratrunners make many quiet residential streets dangerous by speeding along them in their bloodthirst to make up a few minutes of time during their daily commutes.
That leaves residents having to be the city to make changes to slow down these ratrunners.
According to a city staff report, a review of 8 applications for the 2022 Speed Hump program was completed and all were found to meet the general guidelines of the program (local residential road, less than 8% grade, and requested by a registered property owner).
“As part of the review, the Fire Department was consulted to ensure that the proposed speed humps would not adversely affect their emergency response time significantly,” said the report. “It should be noted that speed humps are only installed on local streets to limit the cumulative impact of speed humps on emergency response times. Local collectors and other higher order streets are not eligible for speed hump installations.”
Here are where the speed humps will be going:
- 7900 Block of 14th Avenue (6th Street - 4th Street) - fronted by single family homes and constructed to an 8.5 metres wide finished standard with concrete curb and gutter.
- 3700 Block of Spruce Street (Boundary Road- Smith Avenue) - Spruce Street between Boundary Road and Smith Avenue is fronted by single family homes and constructed to an 8.5 metres wide finished standard with concrete curb and gutter.
- 5300 Block Forest Street (5300 - 5500 Block) - Forest Street between Littlewood Avenue and Teal Avenue is fronted by single family homes and constructed to an 8.5 metres wide finished standard with concrete curb and gutter. A capital project has been scheduled for this area to be completed by spring 2022. Road pavement should be confirmed prior to speed hump installation.
- 7100 Block of Maureen Crescent (Trudy Court- Maureen Court) - Maureen Crescent between Trudy Court and Maureen Court is fronted by single family homes and constructed to an 8.5 metres wide finished standard with concrete curb and gutter.
- 4000 Block Kincaid Street (Macdonald Avenue to east cul-de-sac) - Kincaid Street between Macdonald Avenue and east at the cul-de-sac is fronted by single family homes and constructed to an 8.5 metres wide finished standard with concrete curb and gutter.
- 4700 Block Southlawn Drive (4700 -4800 Block) - Southlawn Drive between Beta Avenue and Delta Avenue is fronted by single family homes and constructed to an 8.5 metres wide finished standard with concrete curb and gutter.
- 8200 Block 18th Avenue (1 st Street - Newcombe Street) - 18th Avenue between 1st Street and Newcombe Street is fronted by single family homes and constructed to an 8.5 metres wide finished standard with concrete curb and gutter.
- 4400 Block Cambridge Street (Rosser Avenue N - Willingdon Avenue N) - Cambridge Street between Rosser Avenue N and Willingdon Avenue N is fronted by single family homes and constructed to an 8.5 metres wide finished standard with concrete curb and gutter.
