Infrastructure Coquitlam

1 infrastructure

1.1 transportation
1.2 health care
1.3 police, fire, emergency services

infrastructure
transportation

skytrain pulls out of lincoln station



west coast express



the queen of coquitlam

coquitlam served translink, responsible both public transit , major roads.

the city has 4 skytrain stations on millennium line part of 10.9 km (6.8 mi) long evergreen extension. project cost of $1.4 billion, line runs coquitlam town centre area, through coquitlam central station , port moody, re-entering coquitlam on north road , joining existing millennium line @ lougheed town centre.

there regular bus service on numerous lines running throughout city , connecting other municipalities in metro vancouver, major exchange @ coquitlam central station.

the west coast express, stop @ coquitlam central station, provides commuter rail service west downtown vancouver , east far mission. wce operates monday friday (excluding holidays), 5 trains per day running vancouver in morning peak hours , returning through coquitlam in evening peak hours.

for motorists, trans-canada highway provides freeway access burnaby, vancouver, surrey, , other municipalities in lower mainland. lougheed highway alternative route trans-canada, entering coquitlam through maillardville, past riverview hospital area, coquitlam centre turns sharply east port coquitlam. barnet highway begins @ coquitlam centre area , heads directly east through port moody , on burnaby , downtown vancouver.

coquitlam has 60 km of bike routes, including dedicated bike lanes on guildford way, david avenue, united boulevard, mariner way, chilko drive , others, plus additional routes through city parks.

coquitlam served 2 international airports. vancouver international airport, located on sea island in city of richmond west, second busiest in canada , provides of air access region. abbotsford international airport, located east, sixth busiest airport in canada. nearby pitt meadows airport provides services smaller aircraft , there boundary bay airport , langley airport small aircraft.

greyhound canada has bus depot in south coquitlam both passenger , package service.

residents , visitors wishing travel vancouver island, gulf islands, , other destinations along inside passage may use bc ferries car , passenger ferry service 2 terminals in communities of tsawwassen , horseshoe bay, south , north of vancouver respectively. bc ferries operates queen of coquitlam, c class ferry capable of carrying 362 cars , 1,466 passengers, launched in 1976. received $18 million rehabilitation in november 2002, , operates secondary vessel on departure bay-horseshoe bay route.

health care

eagle ridge hospital

coquitlam served fraser health, operates 106-bed eagle ridge hospital on port moody/coquitlam city boundary. erh opened doors in 1984 , operates 24-hour emergency department, ambulatory, long-term care , acute care programs. centre of excellence elective surgery urology, gynaecology, plastics , orthopedics. hospital offers public education clinics asthma, diabetes, rehabilitation services , programs cardiology, children s grief recovery, youth crisis response , psychosis prevention.

fraser health operates 352-bed royal columbian hospital south of coquitlam in new westminster. coquitlam residents served many privately owned health care clinics, while tri-cities health services operates 653 residential care beds.

coquitlam home of riverview hospital, large mental health facility, operating under governance of bc mental health & addiction services. riverview opened in 1913 , had 4,630 patients @ peak, advances in treatment , cutbacks in funding have resulted in fewer people receiving mental health care, , of facility has closed on last few decades.

police, fire, emergency services

coquitlam rcmp s main detachment building

coquitlam contracts out police service royal canadian mounted police, main police station adjacent city hall @ coquitlam town centre , community police stations in austin heights , burquitlam areas. coquitlam rcmp detachment serves municipalities of anmore, belcarra, , port coquitlam.

coquitlam has own fire service, known coquitlam fire/rescue, 4 fire halls. coquitlam uses names, not numbers halls. fire halls town centre, austin heights, mariner way near mundy park , burke mountain.

like other municipalities in british columbia, coquitlam s ambulance service run british columbia ambulance service.

coquitlam search , rescue volunteer search , rescue team operating under provincial emergency program. coquitlam sar responsible urban , wilderness search , rescue area between indian arm , pitt lake, , encompasses local communities of coquitlam, burnaby, port coquitlam, port moody, new westminster, belcarra , anmore. sar team based @ town centre fire hall.