Official Community Plan - 8.3.5 STREET NETWORK

8.3.5 STREET NETWORK

A. Reduce serious injuries and fatalities on View Royal streets through infrastructure improvements, targeted enforcement, and education to reinforce safe behaviours.

B. Investigate opportunities to improve road safety where vehicle collisions, or collisions involving vulnerable road users are most common.

C. Support safe vehicle speeds, reduce cut-through vehicle traffic, and provide safe and reliable movement for people walking, cycling, and driving on View Royal streets.

D. Plan, design, and maintain streets in View Royal according to the street network classifications as shown on Map 8 and as described below:

i) Highway – Major corridors serving regional and inter-regional trips. Highways are under British Columbia Ministry of Transportation & Transit jurisdiction.

ii) Arterial – Streets that support View Royal residents make longer-distance trips outside the community. Arterial streets typically support higher traffic volumes and higher travel speeds, separated active transportation facilities, and high-order public transit service, with limited driveway and local street access.

iii) Collector – Streets that support both mobility and access, connecting neighbourhoods to the Arterial and Highway street network. Collector streets are intended to support transit service, goods movement and emergency response, and active transportation.

iv) Local – Streets that connect neighbourhoods to more major streets (Arterial, Collector), best suited to limited traffic volumes and slow travel speeds to support safe streets and neighbourhoods.

E. Transportation investment and planning decisions will consider residents’ needs over regional traffic and minimize the negative impacts of through traffic on View Royal neighbourhoods and Xʷsepsəm and Songhees Nations.

F. Continue to address traffic congestion in View Royal, including collaborating with Xʷsepsəm and Songhees Nations and regional partners, such as the Ministry of Transportation and Transit, Capital Regional District, BC Transit, and neighbouring municipalities.

G. Actively collaborate with the Ministry of Transportation and BC Transit to mitigate the impact of provincial transportation corridors and regional travel on the Town’s transportation network.

H. Support designated goods movement and prioritize emergency service corridors to ensure safe and efficient movement of these vehicles within the transportation network.

I. Enhance and beautify View Royal’s streets through landscaping, street trees, placemaking, and other appropriate measures to improve comfort and safety and support multi-faceted use of public rights-of-way using fiscally sustainable levels of service delivery.

J. Collaborate with the City of Colwood to improve multi-modal transportation along the Western Gateway Employment District Corridor designation, as shown on Map 1, and to nearby destinations. Future design of the corridor should consider improving the pedestrian and cyclist experience, reducing traffic congestion, enhancing intersection safety, and beautifying the streetscape.