Dear Editor,
Further to the recent Public Feedback Forum for the Steveston Village streetscape vision, I suggest the following:
1. Create a pedestrian precinct on part of Bayview Street by closing it to vehicles from First to Second avenues.
2. Make Third Avenue one-way north from Bayview to Moncton Sreet and modify to two-hour, public, angled street parking. This will restrict through traffic on Bayview and the area will be more pedestrian friendly.
3. Similarly make No.1 Road one-way south from Moncton to Bayview and modify to two-hour public, angled parking.
4. Make Bayview one-way west from No. 1 Road to Third Ave (interrupted by the new Bayview pedestrian precinct). The slower one-way traffic will enhance cycling safety on this part of Bayview.
5. Create a bus station with public washrooms on the south side of Chatham Street, near Fourth Avenue.
6. Create pedestrian islands at the street intersections on Chatham Street and reduce to two traffic lanes from First Avenue to Garry Point Park entrance. Provide a dedicated single bus bay drop-off and pick-up in a part of each side of Chatham between First and Second Avenue. Provide angled, two-hour public parking on either side of Chatham in all other areas similar to the parking on the avenues.
7. Place a moratorium on any development on existing surface parking lots and with no municipal parking meters. These areas are to remain for parking only.
Geoff White
Richmond
