Tsain-Ko Centre crosswalk upgrade: a decorative TrafficPatterns application

A crosswalk upgrade at the Tsain-Ko Centre (a community facility serving the local First Nations community in Sechelt, on the Sunshine Coast) using TrafficPatterns™ decorative thermoplastic markings.

Crosswalk upgrades at community centres and gathering places sit at the intersection of safety and community identity. The crosswalk isn't just a traffic management tool; it's the entry experience for every person arriving at the centre on foot.

The Tsain-Ko Centre installation

TrafficPatterns preformed thermoplastic provides the right combination of durability and visual quality for a community facility crosswalk. The installation:

• Creates a clearly visible, high-contrast pedestrian crossing that reads from approach distance
• Uses a colour and design specification appropriate to the site and community context
• Provides a surface life measured in years rather than months, important for a facility that serves community members who rely on it year-round
• Requires no repainting to keep its visual quality

The install was coordinated to minimize disruption to the centre's operations: a single-day closure of the crosswalk area while the thermoplastic was applied and cooled.

In Square One's photographs of the site, the crossing runs from the parking area to the storefronts in a bold orange design of curved shapes, beneath a facade that carries artwork panels of its own: the crossing picks up the building's visual language rather than competing with it. The centre also carries DecoMark work in our record, a storefront medallion photographed from the road, which you will find in the public art gallery.

The system

Square One installs TrafficPatterns under our preformed thermoplastic service. The manufacturer's published facts: the sheets are manufactured to the design and heat-fused to the pavement, which is why there is no spray drift and why placement is precise every time. The sheet is 125 mil thick with anti-skid elements throughout it, so the traction does not sit only on the surface. It is made to the owner's marking standard, and the crossing is open to traffic within minutes of application. The TrafficPatterns product page has the full specification; the crosswalks gallery shows the range of crossings we have installed in it.

Community facilities and decorative crosswalks

Community centres, cultural centres, recreational facilities, and other gathering places for Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities across BC are increasingly specifying decorative crosswalk systems. The reasoning is consistent: the entry experience matters, and a surface that communicates care and quality at the threshold of the building contributes to that experience.

For a facility weighing the same upgrade, three practical points:

• Custom artwork is normal, not exotic. TrafficPatterns and DecoMark are cut to the design (logos, crosswalk art, wayfinding graphics, community branding) and installed in the owner's marking colours. Another Sechelt crossing in our record, the pictograph crosswalk by artist Dionne Paul at Cowrie Street and Trail Avenue, is the same material carrying an origin story.
• Closures are short. The preformed sheets are heat-fused in place, so the crossing is out of service for hours, not days.
• Keep the artwork file. A crossing that carries a community's design should be reproducible, and the cut file is the record.

If your centre, band office or school is planning a crossing, send a photo of the site and a postal code to office@squareonepaving.com, call 604-612-6209, or use the contact form. We come out, look, and put a written quote together.