Granville Bridge structural and seismic upgrades

What's happening

Structural repairs and seismic upgrades underway

Lane closures include:

• The main span of the bridge is restricted to two lanes in each direction.
• One lane is maintained on the Howe St ramp in the south direction.
• One lane is maintained on the Hemlock St ramp in the north direction. 

Schedule for remaining work on the bridge deck

• Middle lanes: underway, complete late March 2021
• Curb lanes and sidewalks: late March to late spring 2021

Note Noise, dust, and vibration is expected due to the nature of the work and age of the bridge structure. Noise levels vary from hour to hour and day to day, and at times can be high.

Bird netting installed

The Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax Pelagicus) is protected in BC per Section 34 of the Provincial Wildlife Act, which prohibits the possession, taking, injury, molestation, or destruction of a bird or its eggs, or a nest that is occupied by a bird or its egg (Government of BC, 1996).

The project construction activities require access to the steel truss sub-structure of the bridge which may generate noise and visual disturbance above and below the bridge deck. This may disturb the colony of Pelagic Cormorants nesting in the substructure of the bridge. We have installed bird netting underneath a portion of the main span of the Granville Bridge to prevent the disturbance of Pelagic Cormorants during construction to comply with regulatory requirements.

The work is anticipated to be complete in late spring 2021. The net will remain in-place until the current structural and seismic upgrades, as well as the construction of the Granville Connector, are substantially complete.