New improvements are underway in Central Lonsdale as part of the City of North Vancouver’s Lonsdale Great Street Plan, according to the news release.
The plan follows Council approval on April 20, 2026, and sets out a 20-year vision to strengthen and revitalize Central Lonsdale as a neighbourhood main street. The plan is designed to protect the area’s local businesses, active sidewalks and diverse community while planning for future growth.
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“The Lonsdale Great Street Project is about more than revitalizing a beloved street; it is about shaping the heart of our city for the long term,” said Mayor Linda Buchanan. “Central Lonsdale has long been a strong, local-serving commercial area. It is home to small businesses, essential services, and thousands of residents. This plan lays out a thoughtful path forward—one that strengthens economic vitality, improves livability, and creates a place where people don’t just pass through, but choose to spend time and build community.”
Buchanan said the first improvements are part of a comprehensive long-term plan to build a more welcoming, safe, and vibrant street.
The first phase of projects is now underway, with improvements to public spaces expected to be completed by the end of this year, according to the news release. The initiatives include adding more attractive and accessible street furniture, painting light poles, re-wrapping recycling and garbage bins, and enhancing landscaping in planting beds, rain gardens, tree pits and parklets.
Other elements of the first phase include expanding the footprint and duration of seasonal lighting along Central Lonsdale beginning in September, installing street banners such as those for the Remembrance Day Parade, and restoring utility-impacted sidewalk sections by replacing temporary asphalt patches with permanent concrete.
While the early efforts focus largely on visual improvements, the plan establishes a long-term framework to help local businesses flourish, attract new commercial activity and support a vibrant neighbourhood main street for residents, businesses and visitors alike, according to the news release.
No more “parklets”! The present ones are under utilized. Who wants to sit next to a bunch of cars driving by? And don’t get me wrong, I AGREE with cars on Lonsdale. It was designed to be a thorough fare. The added (new) pedestrian controlled cross walks on St. George are proof that council knows the traffic will just shunt there.
I think you’re wasting all our hard earned Money ! Lonsdale has become such a dangerous street to park on , cars come too close to cars parked . The traffic doesn’t flow . No more parklits ,barely used . Our winters are longer than our summers. The city can’t keep up with the maintenance now and now you want to add more . Who’s pruning the trees who’s watering the shrubs . No one .
You’ll notice this is being sold to the public in summer, not during the 6 month rainy season. Vehicle traffic is absolutely necessary for shops to get stock and reasonable parking to support the shops. Its pure economics.
No one ever used the COVID parklets. Its a deck right beside the buses and trucks, and built ON THE STREET. Breathe on that *cough* air for awhile. Go find a real park.
If the real goal is to turn Lonsdale into a pedestrian-only street like Granville, watch it turn into the grungy and crimeridden “entertainment area”disaster that Granville became for decades.
Lonsdale shop rents will skyrocket at the same time parking restrictions will reduce the number of shoppers. No healthy local economy? There goes the neighbourhood. And parking rules are already a disaster for small businesses. Some types of business require longer than 2 hour max.
It looks like North Van has too much money and its on a deadline to spend it – and can only come up with half baked amusement park ideas. Stand up to council!
Not the best planning! Buses have a hard time navigating the mess that has been created by making it a one way street in either direction. Traffic is always jammed when cars have to turn.
There is no one in those outdoor dining areas.
I am sorry but the idea sucks!! I loved Jim Buchanan as my principal but Linda; this is not good!
And, you have made it pay parking all up and down Lonsdale!!