Campus Road Closures

The UBC Apple Festival is a two-day event at the UBC Botanical Garden (6804 SW Marine Drive, at Stadium Road), featuring unique apples, apple trees, apple-related products, and a marketplace of local vendors. The 2026 festival will take place on October 17 and 18, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and is expected to attract thousands of visitors.

Road Impacts – October 17 and 18, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Traffic and pedestrian control will be in place on SW Marine Drive between 16th Avenue and Agronomy Road, including at the Stadium Road intersection, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both days.

SW Marine Drive will remain open to vehicle traffic, with traffic reduced to one lane in each direction. Temporary traffic control at Stadium Road/SW Marine Drive will facilitate pedestrian crossings.

Full Road Closure

• Stadium Road will be closed between West Mall and SW Marine Drive.

Parking Restrictions

• Parking will not be permitted on either side of SW Marine Drive, north and south of the Stadium Road intersection. Delineators will be placed along the curb and shoulder to discourage unauthorized parking.

St. John Hospice Access

• Access to St. John Hospice will be maintained via East Mall and Stadium Road during the closure.

Shuttle Service

• A shuttle will operate between the UBC Botanical Garden and UBC parkades from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both days.

Transit Information

• Transit will be asked to post closure and rerouting information at the Stadium Road bus stop and on its website. Please check transit updates before travelling.

Vendor Parking

• Apple Festival vendors will use B7 Lot, adjacent to St. John Hospice, and Stadium Lot.

For festival details and visitor information, visit the UBC Apple Festival webpage.

Great Trek (formerly known as Fall Classic) is a long-standing running race at UBC. Participants can run a 5 km, 10 km, half marathon or relay. The Great Trek Festival pays tribute to the student pilgrimage, The Great Trek, that helped define UBC.

Road Impact – October 24, 2026, from 5:30 am to 1:30 pm

Road closures, traffic restrictions, and detours will be in effect around UBC. Closure hours vary by location: 

• NW Marine Drive will be closed from 5:30 am to 1:30 pm, while the SW Marine Drive southbound closure will be in effect from 5:30 am to 1 pm.

Some closures in the area are related to ongoing construction. Please refer to the race-day road closure map for exact closure locations and detour routes.

Full Road Closures

• Crescent Road – closed between East Mall and West Mall.

• East Mall – closed in the northern campus area around Crescent Road, extending south toward Student Union Boulevard. 

• NW Marine Drive – closed along the western campus frontage, past the Museum of Anthropology and Nitobe Memorial Garden, from 5:30 am to 1:30 pm. Access to Rose Garden Parkade, the Museum of Anthropology, Cecil Green, and the Chan Centre loading dock will remain available through the designated controlled access point.

• Old Marine Drive – closed for the event along the coastal section beside the UBC Botanical Garden, between its connections with SW Marine Drive.

Lane Closures and Traffic Restrictions

• SW Marine Drive – West Mall to Kullahun Drive
  Southbound travel will be closed from 5:30 am to 1 pm.
• Northbound travel on SW Marine Drive will remain open.

There will be no access to southbound SW Marine Drive from Wesbrook Mall. Drivers must use West 16th Avenue.

Access During the Closures

• UBC Botanical Garden: pedestrian access will be available. Vehicle access will be permitted when safe at the controlled crossing near Stadium Road. Please expect delays.
• Rose Garden Parkade, Museum of Anthropology, Cecil Green, and Chan Centre loading dock: access will remain available via the controlled access point shown on the race-day map.
• Vanier residences, First Nations Longhouse, USB, and nearby destinations: use the designated detour shown on the race-day map.

Controlled crossings: access will be allowed when safe. Please follow traffic control directions and expect delays.

Transit Impacts

Please check transit updates before traveling, as road closures may affect access to campus and usual travel routes.

Utility work for the Lower Mall Precinct development and Sauder Powerhouse Expansion, as well as expansion to the District Energy System will be done from February to November 2026 and will result in a number of road closures on the west side of campus. This work will be done in phases to minimize impact to the campus community.

Click here for details of each phase 

• Full closure required to complete renovation work at the Food and Beverage Innovation Precinct. 
• Access to loading area for School of Population and Public Health maintained from East Mall.
• Sidewalk will remain open.

• West Mall is closed for utility work from Memorial Road to University Boulevard until November 2026. 
• Any through traffic must use NW Marine Drive to Agronomy Road. 
• The east sidewalk along West Mall is closed from University Boulevard to the Geography Building. Pedestrians are detoured to Main Mall or the west side of West Mall.
• No public traffic is permitted north of Biosciences Road on West Mall due to the work at West Mall and University Boulevard. The only exceptions are:
  • UBC fleet vehicles
  • People with mobility challenges requiring closer access. This is best communicated with SPARC passes in rearview mirrors for the flagger to easily identify.
  • Construction traffic and deliveries.
     

• Key impact of this work is the detour for pedestrians moving north south in the area. Use the sidewalk on the east side of Wesbrook Mall or Athlete’s Walk west of War Memorial Gym.

Construction is currently underway for Lot BCR 7 on Wesbrook Mall in the Wesbrook Place neighbourhood. 

Key impacts: 

• The sidewalk along the east side of Wesbrook Mall from Ross Drive to Grey Avenue in front of the site will remain closed until the project is complete. 
• On-street parking along the east side of Wesbrook Mall from Ross Drive in front of the site will remain closed until the project is complete. 
• Intermittent closures of on-street parking on the west side of Wesbrook Mall will be required from time to time to accommodate construction activity. 
• Single lane or full road closures on Wesbrook Mall may be required from time to time to accommodate construction activity.
• All construction activity for the site has been instructed to use Wesbrook Mall south of the site to arrive and depart to reduce impacts on Wesbrook Village area.