Early ideas for the North Segment and Mid Connection are supported, provided residents’ vehicle access can be accommodated

North Segment – Eihu Lane to Pender Street

Support for public space expansion to deliver greenway goals

• Greenery is an essential design feature
• Play space should be considered in the design, it is lacking in the area
• Active transportation improvements should connect to the wider network downtown

Keeping vehicle access to residential buildings is key

• Full closure of Bute Street to vehicles could affect access to homes and their parkades.
• Survey comments identified key vehicle access locations.

Need to balance movement needs and opportunities to spend time on the greenway

• Many feel changing how road space is allocated poses more opportunities than downsides.
• Circuitous vehicle routes are a concern for some.

Mid Connection – Nelson Street to Comox Street

A majority of responders support an interim public space block between Henshaw Lane and Comox Street

• Prioritization of walking, biking and rolling is aligned with how people move through this block today.
• Most respondents rarely use this block for driving.
• Residential parkades can be accessed from elsewhere.
• Some skepticism over how successful this additional public space could be if it were closed to vehicle traffic.

Many saw opportunity in a potential interim space

• People identified opportunities for recreation in this space, as well as passing through.
• Most responses on this segment didn’t mention vehicle access. Among those that did (19%), 1 in 3 felt public space expansion could be more ambitious.

Read the executive summary (PDF, 2MB), or full “What we heard” report (PDF, 5.7MB) for more information.