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CTV News
5 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Protected walking and cycling path officially open on Vancouver's Granville Bridge
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and others appear at a ribbon-cutting for the Granville Connector, on July 25, 2025. The Granville Connector has officially opened to the public. Officials said the protected walking and cycling path along the busy Granville Street Bridge provides a 'comfortable' new route in and out of Vancouver's downtown core. Mayor Ken Sim called the infrastructure, which resembles a similar path on the Burrard Street Bridge, a 'pretty huge step forward' in terms of making the city more inclusive, sustainable and livable. 'You deserve to get around our city safely and easily,' Sim said Friday, at a ribbon-cutting for the Granville Connector. Installing the path meant removing two lanes of traffic on the bridge. The city also demolished the north loops that were initially designed to accommodate a high-volume freeway into downtown that was never built. The loops have been replaced with a standard street-grid layout, opening up city-owned land that will be used for future housing, officials said. In total, the project cost approximately $54 million, $8 million of which was contributed by TransLink.
Global News
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Global News
$54M pedestrian and cycling upgrade to Granville Bridge opens to public
See more sharing options Send this page to someone via email Share this item on Twitter Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Facebook After more than two years of work, a $54-million upgrade to Vancouver's Granville Street Bridge opened to the public on Friday. The Granville Connector project is designed to provide a safer and more accessible pedestrian and cyclist connection on the bridge. The work, which began in 2023, involved decommissioning two vehicle lanes from the bridge. That space was allocated to a widened sidewalk and bi-directional bike lane on the bridge's west side, along with a new, widened pedestrian walkway on the east side. 1:55 City of Vancouver unveils plans for Granville Bridge According to the city, the bridge's car lanes are significantly underused, and the eight lanes were originally built when the city envisioned connecting the span to a high-volume freeway that was never built. Story continues below advertisement The project also involved removing the two looping ramps that connected the bridge to Pacific Street on the bridge's north end, which have been replaced with a standard street grid layout. The city says transportation upgrades along Drake Street will continue into 2026.
