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VANCOUVER — Those wishing to walk, bike or roll from downtown Vancouver to Central Broadway and the Arbutus Greenway can now do so as the Granville Connector is open for activity.

According to a release from the City of Vancouver, the connector is physically separated from vehicle traffic and is a protected walking and cycling path across the west side of the Granville Bridge.

It was created by reallocating two excess vehicle lanes.

The overall $54 million Granville Connector project is one of the city’s largest projects in the . It includes transportation improvements and the replacement of the north Granville loops with a standard street grid layout providing access to future housing and local services on city-owned land that was occupied by the loops.

°µÍø½ûÇøed in 1954, the Granville Bridge was originally designed to connect to high-speed, high-volume freeways that were never built. As a result, there were a number of barriers for people to walk, bike or roll across the bridge. 

°µÍø½ûÇøion on the first phase of the Granville Connector began in early 2023. The project reached its first milestone in fall 2024 when at the north end of the Granville Bridge, providing priority access for transit into downtown Vancouver.  

In June of this year, at the north end of the bridge replacing the former Granville Bridge north loops. 

But the work isn’t over yet.

°µÍø½ûÇøion for a temporary bike path in the will begin later this summer, which will connect cyclists to the Granville Connector and Arbutus Greenway. During that construction, cyclists will be detoured along a block of both West 5th Avenue and Pine Street, the release adds.

Transportation upgrades along Drake Street between Granville Street and Pacific Boulevard will continue into 2026. This project includes converting Drake Street to a one-way street for eastbound traffic from Burrard Street to Hamilton Street, and installation of a new bike lane between Burrard Street and Pacific Boulevard. Anticipated completion is 2026.

The continues on the south end of the bridge, with phased ramp closures in place until summer 2026.