New bridge could use a crosswalk

Dear Editor:

I note with pleasure the opening of the new Canyon Falls Middle School at Gordon Drive and Steele Road in September.

A beautiful new bridge was installed over Bellevue Creek across from Woodhaven Park along Raymer Road. This new bridge nicely aligns with a pedestrian walkway at Paret Crescent and a bus stop on the north side of Gordon Drive.

In the near future, pedestrians will be invited (just because it is convenient) to cross Gordon Drive, either for the purpose of catching the bus on Gordon Drive going north, accessing the sidewalk on the south side of Gordon to go to the new middle school, or just to cross from the Raymer Road vicinity across from Woodhaven Park.

Is there a plan to install a marked crosswalk at this location? Traffic along Gordon Drive at this point is normally excessively over the speed limit of 50 km/h. (There is a reader board at this point telling drivers their speed.)

There are some kids from this area who will be going to Canyon Falls Middle School this fall, and I am concerned about traffic and pedestrian conflicts.

Robert Ayotte