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St. Anne Street Back Lane Improvement
Presented by: Dean Schick, Transportation Manager, Engineering
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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
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That ENGS-086, St Anne Street Back Lane Improvements be approved in the amount of $1,540,000, to be funded accordingly:
* $540,000 from approved operating carry forward project Back Lanes Program
* $505,000 from approved capital project 422411 Back Lane Program
* $495,000 from the Capital Reserve.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
To provide Council with background and a status update and request funding to complete necessary improvements to the St Anne Street back lane.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
1. Development and Back Lane Redesign Requirements
In 2020, an application was received for a development permit associated with building an eight-storey mixed-used commercial residential building at the site of 32 St Anne Street (southwest corner of St Anne Street at St Albert Trail). Amongst a variety of conditions associated with the development agreement, an area of offsite improvement involved the burial of existing overhead power lines in the laneway from Perron Street to the site. The requirement to bury the existing overhead lines is associated with:
- The laneway shall act as the development site's only vehicular access and exit, and requires safe and effective two-directional travel. In addition, moderate to long-term needs of access and increased use of the laneway are anticipated with further downtown densification.
- The laneway operates currently with overhead Fortis power lines, and pole infrastructure located on the north side of the lane. These poles restrict the clearance for vehicles in the lane and reduce the actual possible travel width of asphalt to less then 3.0 m.
o Minimum Transportation Association of Canada lane widths for vehicles is 3.2 m for two-directional traffic.
- Removal of the overhead lines and existing poles could resolve the existing issue of the lane not ...
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