2023 to 2025
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Crosswalk Upgrades - 5 sites CA-7015
City of Burnaby
- Cardston Court at Keswick Park
- Hunter Street at Bell Avenue
- Oakland Street at Brantford Avenue
- 9298 University Crescent
- Rumble Avenue at Hedley Street
Municipal, Community Development Crosswalks, sidewalks, and signal electrical to make drivers give way to people crossing the street
What I learned
Working with a contractor who has existing relationships with the electric utility and client make progress simpler. Crown Contracting's experienced electrical team could propose adjustments to BC Hydro at the execution level that would have taken weeks to resolve during design.
What it involved
Executing detailed design for Burnaby's crosswalks and pedestrian ramps at five locations. Burnaby needed a little sightline checking at Cardston Court to help define how far to adjust parking zones.
Burnaby shelved this project for a couple of years.
During construction on Oakland, the high volume of traffic that triggered our work was clear.
Further notes on the work follow below.
What made it special
On Cardston Court, the neighbours there started stopping for people to cross the street midway through the project, as soon as Crown had placed the paint lines. Which we did before adding a low-installation bulge using precast concrete curb segments and plastic delineators.
Cardston Court at Keswicke Park
Connects Austin Creek trail to Keswicke Park. Burnaby wanted to low-cost curb "bulges" so the approach was a set of Sanderson bike lane separators on the park side and regular rubber ones on the opposite side to accommodate fire lane access (both sides with corner delineators and appropriate signage).
Hunter Street at Bell Avenue
Curb bulge on the park side, modified so that parks workers could keep the asphalt apron for field maintenance. Burnaby chose to preserve tree roots on east sidewalk instead of creating a wider sidewalk apron for the ramp. A curb bulge is the best future upgrade to preserve the tree roots.
Oakland Street at Brantford Avenue
Crossing included rectangular flashing beacons and tie to BC Hydro.
9298 University Crescent
Crossing included rectangular flashing beacons. The only hardwired power available was streetlights, so Burnaby requested a hybrid connection: solar power during the day and street-light power in the dark.
Rumble Avenue at Hedley Street
Crossing included rectangular flashing beacons and plastic delineators. BC Hydro was coming along after this project to work on its assets in the BC Parkway. Design chose to connect at a location that would avoid working in the hedge.
Contractor was less concerned about the hedge. Coordinating with their contacts in BC Hydro, Crown offered to tie into the pole closer to Rumble Avenue to avoid working around an existing concrete retaining wall in the Hedley Street boulevard.