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City debuts Lonsdale ‘Great Street’ plans
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City of North Vancouver council has debuted its 20-year plan to transform Lonsdale Avenue into a “great street.”
Council has spent years working on a long-range strategy intended to revitalize the “backbone” of North Vancouver, bolster its economy and improve the public spaces between Highway 1 and Victoria Park. Council agreed unanimously Monday, April 20, to go ahead with some short-term improvements in 2026 – replanting boulevards and rain gardens, new Remembrance Day banners and a major glow up for the street’s infrastructure, including garbage and recycling bins, light poles and sidewalks. Over the longer term, a 79-page ambitious concept plan teases the possibility of a theatre’s grand opening, a hotel near the hospital, rooftop dining patios and stand-up comedy shows in open air plazas. Council is aiming for the vibrancy to extend into the evening hours, with businesses staying open late and neighbours and local employees lingering to socialize and recreate. To make room for a more pleasant pedestrian experience and designed-from-scratch streetside patios, the report suggests Lonsdale could be reduced to one vehicle Continued on A21
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