Correspondence from Diane Young re: Invictus Development

From: Diane Young Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 1:55 PM To: Mayor And Council Email mayorandcouncil@viewroyal.ca Subject: Invictus Development

Dear Mayor and Council....

As a resident who has lived on Burnside Road West for over 20 years, I am writing to voice my concerns about the new development planned at the corner of Helmcken and Burnside.

I use the intersection at Helmcken and Burnside Road on a daily basis. The new highway interchange has made a little difference in the volume of traffic that travels along our road but even now I am backed up waiting to make a left onto Helmcken due to the traffic that is going straight through. I won’t even travel from the highway and come down to Helmcken because it is such a long wait to get through the lights at Helmcken.

If a new development is approved to go ahead in its present form, I dread to think how long it will take to get through the lights with no advance left turn. Please note that Helmcken Road is single lane road as is Burnside West with very poor sidewalks. There are many children and parents using this corridor walking to and from school.

There is already a backup waiting to make a right hand turn into Eagle Creek shopping centre or even get to the lights to turn left into Helmcken Market. Approving this development and moving more people into the area will make this worse and I dread to think of the parking in the Eagle Creek shopping centre. It is not the greatest parking to start with and adding more families in the area, this will mean less parking spots in the centre. Yes they have underground parking but not everyone is comfortable in using the underground.

The volume of traffic that this development will create will overwhelm an already overused corridor. I really hope you consider not approving the new development.

Regards,

Diane Young 1146 Burnside Road West Victoria BC V8Z 1N3