Recommended Solution

TransLink considered three possible outcomes:

• Do not proceed with a United Boulevard Extension and maintain status quo
• Do not proceed with an extension, and identify community enhancement measures for the City of New Westminster's future consideration
• Proceed with an extension solution with community enhancement measures, as well as a plan for other future improvements in the North Fraser Perimeter Road corridor.

Further to extensive analysis on a range of proposed concepts, TransLink's selected United Boulevard Extension concept meets all the technical requirements of the project, and includes many community benefits, but little community support was expressed for this concept. TransLink did not find a UBE solution that is agreeable to the community. TransLink therefore will not request an endorsement of a UBE concept from the cities of New Westminster and Coquitlam. Without support from the cities, the project will not proceed.

The work the community did to develop ideas for community enhancement measures will be provided to the City of New Westminster for future consideration.