additional picture

Streets Supervisor assigned this issue to Water/Sewer Supervisor

Thank you for your message. We will have a crew out to check this shortly. For urgent matters, please contact Engineering Operations (24 hrs) at 604-526-4691.

This issue is now complete/has been repaired. We have install a different style of grate .Please let us know your thoughts .This should be a lot better.

Thanks,

I will check it out next week with the hopefully better weather.

Maybe if you rode your bike in the street or walked it across the cross"walk" you wouldn't have this problem. Cyclists aren't supposed to be on the sidewalk last time I checked anyway...

Its not a sidewalk. Its a multi-use path. Cyclists are allowed to ride on multi-use paths.

The grate would have been better if it had a diagonal pattern http://asphaltcare.webs.com/IMG_0100.JPG or something with cross bars as it looks like if a bike with a really narrow tire could fit in-between. What is dimension of the space between the bars?

The grate bar spacing of this grate is narrow enough though that it prevents my bike tire from going in (32mm) but I am not sure all. Typically tire widths range as low as 20mm wide. I would think most cyclists that have tires that narrow would likely be using the road bike lanes and not the multi-use path as mostly recreational and more casual riders use the pathways but this is an assumption.

Those with narrow tires riding the multi-use path could have tires that go between the bars if the bike tire is narrow enough.

I measured it on my commute. The openings are 26mm. I have found out that 23mm tires are common on road and touring bikes. So the new grate can easily catch these especially as the orientation is in the same direction as the trail users. I would like to see a diagonal pattern as I referenced in this location. Cycle friendly catch basins should be standard for catch basin design in New Westminster and the Lower Mainland. I find that catch basins are a common overlooked design element in roadway design, even new construction with both the horizontal and vertical placement and grate type as common overlooked design details. Catch basins are unfortunately located in or in immediate proximity to cycling facilities so they are a common cycling hazard.

^^^Hahaha, this is a joke right. You should write a study on the adverse affects of improper catch basin grates on the commuting anal retentive cyclist lol

The City replaced the catch basin grate with a style of grate that better meets the requirements of both drainage concerns and pedestrian traffic. Please excercise caution when approaching any intersection and while crossing streets on a bike.