FAQs

The City, along with the transportation engineering consultant, has been conducting a safety review at the E. 10^th Avenue and Surrey Street intersection in response to concerns expressed by residents about recent changes to the intersection of E. 10th Avenue/Surrey Street/Cariboo Road. This engagement is to listen to and learn from the public about their experience with the intersection.

The purpose of the safety study is to assess the safety impacts of the recent changes to the intersection of E 10th Avenue/Surrey Street/Cariboo Road, and to help identify further changes that may be required.

The intersection of E. 10th Avenue/Surrey Street/Cariboo Road was reconfigured in collaboration with the City of Burnaby as a result of a separate safety study, which identified a number of crashes involving eastbound left-turn vehicles at the intersection. As a result, an eastbound left-turn lane and a left-turn signal were implemented. The intent of the delineators and signs that were also installed is to dissuade motorists from using Surrey Street to access Cariboo Road.

The engagement is open to anyone with an interest in providing inputs to this study, with details posted on the City’s and the Residents Association’s webpages. Postcard invitations for the Dec. 10 meeting were also been delivered to residents along Surrey St, as well as along the adjacent Burnaby St and Ladner St households.

The focus of the study is the intersection of E. 10th Avenue and Surrey Street. As part of this study, the transportation consultant will prepare a concept design for the intersection of E. 10^th Avenue and Surrey Street. As a result of this concept design, safety recommendations will also be identified for impacted adjacent intersections on E. 10^th Avenue such as Cariboo Road and local neighbourhood streets such as Richmond Street.

Many drivers could be relying on routes planned by navigation features on their smartphones such as Google Maps. These routes are unfortunately directing these vehicles to use Surrey Street. City staff have increased police enforcement of these larger vehicles, and have contacted Google to request that they modify the suggested routing. Signs prohibiting the larger vehicles are planned at the intersections of Richmond Street and Surrey Street, and at Richmond Street and E. 8^th Avenue.