ADOPT,
AS AMENDED, Moved by Councillor Keating, Seconded by Councillor Chu,
that SPC on Transportation and Transit Recommendations 1, a,b,c,d, e and f and
2 a,b,d,e and f, 5 and 6 contained in Report TT2015-0183 be adopted, as
amended, as follows:
That
Council:
1.
Adopt the following recommendations for the North Section of Macleod Trail:
a.
Maintain the existing 6 (or 8) lanes of vehicular traffic.
b.
Release lands protected for the planned interchange at 50 Avenue S.
c.
Continue protecting lands required for the planned interchange at 25 Avenue
S.
d. Adopt
the recommendations for Macleod Trail between 58 Avenue South and Glenmore
Trail, as outlined in the North Section Macleod Trail Corridor Study Final
Report and summarized in Attachment 3.
e.
Direct Administration to review and revise the recommendations of the North
Section Macleod Trail Corridor Study in conjunction with the Main Streets
initiative in order to prepare an integrated land use and transportation plan
for Macleod Trail between 34 Avenue South and 58 Avenue South with particular
consideration of the relationship between the Urban Corridor and the Urban
Boulevard and the recommendations of the Mission Road Main Street Innovation
Project.
f. Direct
Administration to review and revise the recommendations of the North Section
Macleod Trail Corridor Study between north of 25 Avenue South and 34 Avenue
South, subsequent to the investigation of alternative design solutions as
directed in Recommendation 6.
2.
Adopt the following recommendations for the South Section of Macleod Trail:
a.
Maintain the existing 6 (or 8) lanes of vehicular traffic.
b.
Maintain the existing right-of-way along the corridor.
d.
Continue protecting lands required for the grade-separation of the CP and LRT
rail
lines
and Heritage Drive, and associated infrastructure on Macleod Trail.
e. Include a 3.5m
multi-use pathway on both the east and west side of Macleod Trail as
part of future redevelopment and corridor improvement work, as shown in
Attachment
7.
f.
Direct Administration to incorporate the 3.5m multi-use-pathways, as shown in
Attachment
7, in coordination with the Pathway/Bikeway Implementation Plan.
5.
Direct Administration to continue to pursue opportunities to improve
pedestrian safety along the Macleod Trail corridor as summarized within
section 2 of Attachment 6 (the Identification of Pedestrian Safety
Issues and Potential Mitigation Measures) in coordination with the Safety
Initiatives capital program; and
6.
Direct Administration to bring forward a follow-up report which
investigates
alternative design
solutions which provide necessary traffic capacity to support
redevelopment in
the vicinity while improving pedestrian access and safety, along
with reducing or
eliminating conflicts with the Light Rail Transit (LRT), and to return
to the SPC on
Transportation and Transit no later than Q2 2016 with design
recommendations and
potential amendments to the land protection at 25 Avenue S.
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