The City of North Vancouver will be expected to launch public engagement on a new Transportation Network Plan in early 2027, as staff prepare to overhaul how the city manages its constrained road network amid growing regional pressure.
Council will receive a project update at its June 15 meeting, with staff outlining a multi-year initiative to consolidate the city’s existing walking, cycling, transit, and goods movement plans into a single, coordinated framework. According to the report, the plan will establish long-term network priorities, clarify how individual corridors are intended to function, and support capital planning over the coming decades.
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The initiative comes as the city faces mounting pressure on a transportation network constrained by geography and limited regional connections, including the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, Lions Gate Bridge, and SeaBus. Regional population growth across Metro Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky corridor is increasing traffic on local streets, affecting transit reliability, emergency response times, and goods movement.
The report also points to shifting travel patterns shaping the need for updated planning. Fewer households own vehicles, walking and cycling are increasing for local trips, e-commerce deliveries are straining curb space, and remote work is changing peak-hour demand.
Rather than expanding road capacity — an approach the report says has not proven effective as a long-term solution in other jurisdictions — the city plans to focus on making better use of existing road space by supporting short trips on foot or by bike, improving transit speed and reliability, and prioritizing the road network for emergency vehicles, goods movement, and essential users.
The project is expected to run from 2026 to 2028 and will unfold in four phases. According to the report, staff will return to council in early Q2 2027 with a summary of community feedback alongside a technical assessment of current network conditions. Capital funding of $650,000 has been approved for the project covering the 2026–2028 period.
