West 49th Avenue Construction

From summer 2025 to winter 2025/26, construction around our campus could impact your commute.

The City of Vancouver is upgrading critical sewer and water infrastructure and making transportation upgrades along West 49th Avenue between Cambie and Fraser streets.

Access to Langara for students, employees, and visitors will be maintained at all times, but the construction will detour and/or slow traffic around campus. Plan ahead to give yourself enough travel time.

What’s happening

Updated Dec 5

Starting on November 17 and through January 2026:

  • Two bus stops (westbound and eastbound) are now available between Manitoba St and Ontario St. Please see the map below for all available bus stop locations.
  • Single lane and alternating traffic on 49th Ave will now take place between Alberta and Manitoba.
  • The T Building parking entrance on Columbia is now one-way (entry) only. Please exit the parking lot onto Ontario Street.
  • Ontario Street is open travelling northbound towards between 51st and 49th Ave. Southbound traffic is permitted below 51st Ave.
  • More information about the next phase of the West 49th Avenue Construction work will be shared in due time. 

What remains the same:

  • Local traffic and buses only east or west on 49th Avenue between Main Street and Cambie Street.
  • Pedestrian and cycling detours will be in effect with detour signage in place.
  • Temporary “no parking” restrictions will be in effect in the area. Watch for signage.
     
Constructon map as of Dec 2025

The City of Vancouver’s website is the official source for details about this project and how it may affect you.

Stay informed

We’re working with the City to communicate impacts to the Langara community – planned and unplanned – so you can be prepared. We’ll update this page as the project progresses. If there are significant, unexpected impacts, we’ll share them as soon as possible via alerts on the homepage and on our social media.

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This construction supports our growing neighbourhood – and a new bus priority lane along West 49th will improve transit speed and reliability for your commute to campus. Thank you for your patience and understanding as the City makes these improvements.