Sylvan Lake Council briefs: Provincial Park to soon have new name

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INTERSECTION SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE WAY

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Elsewhere, Council gave the green light to proceeding with detailed design and construction of intersection improvements at Highway 20 and Herder Drive. The intersection has been a source of safety concerns, with many drivers using a ‘Right Turn Only” lane on eastbound Herder Drive as a through-lane at Highway 20, resulting in near-misses for westbound traffic turning left (southbound).

As part of these safety improvements, motorists will also see the installation of permanent delineation between pedestrians and traffic on Cuendet Industrial Way between Highway 20 and Beju Industrial Trail.

SAFETY AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

Safety at six of Sylvan Lake’s most critical pedestrian crossings has also been reviewed, with the resulting recommendations being received as information by Town Council. The Pedestrian Crossings reviewed included 47th Street at 47th Avenue, 48th Street at 47th Avenue, 45th Avenue between 47th Street and 48th Street (mid-block trail crossing), 50th (Centennial) Street north of HJ Cody School (mid-block trail crossing), Old Boomer Road at Falcon Ridge Drive and Old Boomer Road at Firdale Drive.

After a review by CIMA +, a planning and engineering company, recommendations included the 47th Street and 47th Avenue crossing, 48th Street and 47th Avenue and 50th Street north of HJ Cody School crossings not suitable for side-mounted Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB) or pedestrian bulb-outs  but may be suitable for overhead RRFB pedestrian crossing systems.

The crossing at 45th Avenue between 47th Street and 48th Street has been identified as a good candidate for both bulb-outs and side-mounted RRFB’s after development of a Transportation Association of Canada standard.

Crossings along Old Boomer Road at Falcon Ridge Drive and Firdale Drive have been identified as good candidates for pedestrian bulb-outs and RRFB’s.

Town officials say Pedestrian bulb-outs on 45th Avenue between 47th Street and 48th Street and on Old Boomer Road will be included in the 2018 Road Rehabilitation program.

UTILITY RATE INCREASES PROPOSED 

Sylvan Lake Council has also granted first reading to a bylaw that will increase Utility Rates in 2018. Town officials say Water and Wastewater flat rate increases are required to fund the replacement of assets and projects identified in the ten-year capital plan and 2014 Infrastructure Study. A Public Hearing on the proposed bylaw changes happens December 11.

MORE GRANT FUNDING APPROVED FOR SYLVAN LAKE COMMUNITY HOUSING SOCIETY

Finally, Council has approved an increase to the annual operating grant provided to the Sylvan Lake Community Housing Society for a total of $25,000 annually, beginning in the 2018 budget year.