Vancouver's worst intersection for collisions is getting a makeover

The City of Vancouver is carrying out majorrenovations to SE Marine Driveand Knight Street the city's highest collision intersection.

It's looking for public input on how to revamp the intersection an important thoroughfareused by trucks, public transit, cyclists and pedestriansthatconnectsthe city tothe area south of the Fraser.

ICBC says there have been529 injury collisions between 2009 and 2013 at theintersection, 80 per centof which were rear-enders.In addition to being the worst intersection in Vancouver, it's also the fourth worst intersectionin B.C.

Most of the collisions happen at the eastbound off-ramp from the Knight Street Bridge to southeast Marine Drive.

The city plans to make a number of changes including:

• A new westbound left-turn lane on SE Marine Drive for vehiclesturningnorth onto Knight Street.
• Reconfiguring a trafficsignalfor the new left-turn lane.
• Adding a traffic signal for traffic coming off the eastbound off-ramp from the Knight Street Bridge.
• New shared pedestrian and bicycle paths on theKnight Street eastbound off-ramp and on the north side of SE Marine Drive.

Construction will take six months to a year, according toDaleBracewell, the city'sbranch manager for transportation design.

"It's anticipated that construction will take place as early as January 2017," he said.

The deadline to provide feedback is June 28and can be completed online at vancouver.ca/knightstreetcorridoror via anemailto knightstreetcorridor@vancouver.ca or by phoning 311.