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Road Network
The City road network consists of approximately 153 km of paved roadways. From a service capacity perspective roads are generally adequate to handle current traffic volumes. Roads are highly valued in Port Alberni and have been identified as a priority for Capital Spending. There are eleven bridges over water courses in Port Alberni. Seven are vehicular traffic bridges and four are pedestrian bridges. All bridges were structurally evaluated and found to be generally in good condition.
Future growth of the City will require installation of an additional bridge crossing Roger Creek at 21st Avenue or 10th Avenue. A transportation study entitled the Alberni Valley East Side Bypass Study was completed by Stanley Associates Engineering in 1998. This study outlines the preferred routes and cost estimates for a north to south transporation route located east of the City. This route connects Johnston Road to Ship Creek Road and includes bridge crossings of Rogers Creek and Dry Creek. This report can be reviewed at the Engineering Department counter at City Hall.
Snow and Ice Control
Each winter, the Public Works Yard has the responsibility of maintaining in a safe and passable condition approximately 153 kilometers of paved and gravel streets within the City of Port Alberni. We endeavor to accomplish this task in the most cost effective manner possible while still maintaining a high level of service. Please remember that snow and ice control is not a substitute for caution and defensive driving practices.
Sanding and plowing priorities are based on volumes of traffic and transit routes. (For a map showing priority routes, please see below.) Priority routes are also arranged so that there is never more than a few blocks from anywhere in the city to the nearest priority route.
Due to concerns raised this past winter over the volume of snow we received and the number of cars parked on the streets, the City has made a change to our snow plowing practices. Plows and emergency vehicles were having difficulty making it through some narrow streets without hitting parked vehicles. Where streets are narrow and where there are parked vehicles, the City will now be plowing the snow to the curb. This will allow easier travel for vehicles, but will require owners of parked vehicles to shovel out their vehicles and driveways to access the street.
More information about our streets network is available by clicking on the links below.