Victoria's downtown will experience traffic disruptions due to multiple infrastructure projects planned for Government Street, Blanshard Street, and Douglas Street. The projects aim to improve safety, accommodate future growth, and enhance pedestrian and cyclist access.
Traffic in Victoria’s downtown will face new obstacles as the City of Victoria tackles infrastructure projects along Government Street , Blanshard Street and Douglas Street . Starting this month, the city will be replacing a water main on Government Street between Pandora Avenue and Yates Street. The $1.9-million project, funded in part by the federal government, is to handle future growth and protect underground infrastructure in earthquakes and climate events.
The city said there will be temporary parking lane reductions, but the hope is to have one travel lane in each direction kept open during the work. Pedestrian access is expected to be maintained on all sidewalks. This work comes ahead of planned improvements for that section of Government Street. Detailed design work is ongoing for the project that will feature wider sidewalks, more patio and seating areas, new trees, cultural landmarks, parking and pick-up/drop-off areas. That project is expected to start in 2026. No budget has been finalized. Work and traffic disruptions will continue through 2025 on a section of Blanshard Street between Fort Street and Caledonia Avenue. The city has completed underground infrastructure upgrades along the stretch and is now undertaking work to improve safety for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. The city budgeted $6.8 million for the infrastructure upgrade, repaving, traffic signal upgrades, new dedicated left-turn lanes, one-way protected bike lanes on each side of the street, improved crosswalks, accessibility upgrades, new accessible parking spaces, landscaping and lighting improvements. Work on the expanded transit corridor along Douglas Street is expected to start in 2027. The city completed installation of dedicated bus lanes from Hillside Avenue to Herald Street in 2024. That project was paid for by B.C. Transit. The city is now in the early design stages to establish the rapid-transit corridor as far south as Belleville Street
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