An audit looking at drivers' behaviour and pedestrian safety at a confusing - and, sometimes, dangerous - Coquitlam intersection is expected to be completed this fall.
The study comes after Port Coquitlam resident Lynn Chappell told the city's engineering committee on Monday that she's tired of being "target practice" for drivers when she crosses Ponderosa Street and Anson Avenue, between the Keg restaurant and Save-On-Foods. Chappell, who walks with a cane, also said she has difficulties crossing Pinetree Way/Anson Avenue and Crabbe Avenue/Westwood Street because of the high car speeds and lack of adequate amenities for walkers.
Of the four-way junction at Ponderosa/Anson, Coun. Doug Macdonell said: "It's an accident waiting to happen. I've been a police officer in a lot of different cities and it's a horrible intersection."
Dan Mooney, Coquitlam's manager of roads and traffic operations, said the city plans to apply to ICBC to share the costs for an external safety analysis that would also include near-misses.
ICBC wasn't available to provide crash statistics for the intersection by press time yesterday.
Chappell, who also presented a 13-page written report, suggested the city install flashing lights at Ponderosa/Anson like on Lincoln Avenue, between CIBC and Henderson Centre mall.
"Pedestrians have a right to use the road as well," she said.
