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Development &
Technical Services
Report To: Development & Technical Services Committee
Date of Meeting: September 10, 2007
Submitted By: John McBride, Director of Transportation Planning
Prepared By: Dennis Lopes, Traffic Technologist (741-2369)
Ward(s) Involved: Bridgeport -Centre Ward (1)
Date of Report: August 7, 2007
Report No.: DTS 07-131
Subject: ON-STREET PARKING -DUKE STREET EAST BETWEEN
CEDAR STREET AND EBY STREET
RECOMMENDATIONS:
That on-street parking be permitted for two (2) consecutive hours from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m., Monday -Saturday with no re-parking within five (5) hours of initial parking on the
south side of Duke Street East from a point 25 metres west of Cedar Street to a point 10
metres west thereof; and further,
That on-street parking be permitted for two (2) consecutive hours from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m., Monday -Saturday with no re-parking within five (5) hours of initial parking on the
south side of Duke Street East from a point 15 metres east of Eby Street to a point 30
metres east thereof; and further,
That the Uniform Traffic By-law be amended accordingly.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Kitchener is currently carrying out major roadway improvements on Duke Street
East from Cedar Street to Scott Street as part of the annual road reconstruction program. The
rehabilitation design of Duke Street East involved the addition of on-street parking within this
section.
At the present time, as shown on the attached plan, on-street parking is prohibited at anytime on
both sides of Duke Street East from Cedar Street to Scott Street, as outlined in the City of
Kitchener Uniform Traffic By-law No. 2000-159.
REPORT:
Transportation Planning and Engineering Rehabilitation representatives of the Duke Street East
Reconstruction project reviewed the possibility of installing additional on-street parking bays to
increase the available on-street parking in this corridor and enhance the landscape of this
section of Duke Street East. It was concluded that on-street parking could be permitted for two
(2) consecutive hours from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday -Saturday with no re-parking within
five (5) hours of initial parking, without affecting the roadway width, safe two-way traffic flow, and
the response time of emergency services.
Therefore, Transportation Planning recommends that on-street parking be permitted for two (2)
consecutive hours from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday -Saturday with no re-parking within five
(5) hours of initial parking on the south side of Duke Street East from a point 25 metres west of
Cedar Street to a point 10 metres west thereof, as well as on the south side of Duke Street East
from a point 15 metres east of Eby Street to a point 30 metres east thereof, and that the City of
Kitchener Uniform Traffic By-law be amended accordingly.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The approximate cost for signing including installation, for the roadway is $500 and will be taken
from the existing sign maintenance budget.
John McBride, Director Ken Carmichael, C.E.T.
Transportation Planning Supervisor of Traffic & Parking
Dennis Lopes, Traffic Technologist
Transportation Planning
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Attach.
N-STREET PARKING
DUKE STREET EAST
PROPOSED " 2 HOUR, 8 AM - 6 PM, MONDAY
-SATURDAY, DOWNTOWN PARKING"
REGULATION