Construction and Road Closure Updates

The UBC campus is always growing and changing so it's common to encounter construction and road closures. The map below will help you locate existing construction areas and road closures at UBC Vancouver. It is updated regularly to make navigating campus easier.

Campus Maps

For detailed information on road closures on campus, see drop downs below. These are updated regularly but if you see something missing or have questions, email info.planning@ubc.ca

Event related road closures and impact

This event will take place every Tuesday from May 27, 2025 until August 26, 2025 from 6:30pm until 8:30pm along East Mall and Stadium 
Road. This event is being organized by Escape Velocity Cycling Club

Event details: 

  • No street closure or parking restrictions    
  • Access to Hospice will be maintained via East Mall and Stadium Road
  • Departing from Hospice will be via Stadium Road to West Mall
  • Professional traffic personnel, volunteer marshals and signage will be set up along the route as appropriate

 

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2025 bike race map

 

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Traffic control bike race 2025

Construction related road closures

Development on the corner of Wesbrook Mall and Binning Avenue will have some impact on roads and traffic (see Development Projects page for project details:

  • Binning Avenue east of Wesbrook Mall is currently closed to the general public. 
  • The sidewalk along the east side of Wesbrook Mall along the length of the construction site and the contractor parking will be intermittently closed for safety during construction activity. Pedestrians will be detoured to the sidewalk along the west side of Wesbrook Mall during this time. 
  • Parking along the east side of Wesbrook Mall will be intermittently closed to accommodate construction needs throughout construction.
  • Nearly all construction related traffic are to arrive and depart the site to the south to reduce impacts on the community.

 

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Wesbrook Place Construction

An expansion to the Beaty Biodiversity Centre is current underway and will result in some road closures that are typically used by pedestrians, cyclists and service vehicles (see map above). Visit the project page to learn more about the addition. 

This is currently in place. Please obey flaggers and signage and use Lower Mall to move northbound through campus. 

June 2024 Update: Thank you for your patience as work wraps up around Rec North. Over the next few months there will be some hardscape work, but for the most part the remaining work is landscaping around the building. This will result in limited changes to how people can move around the area today. However, the vehicle pick-up / drop-off area at the west end of Student Union Boulevard will remain closed to the public until this work is complete. Please obey flaggers and signage to keep everyone safe.

There is a lot of construction happening on Student Union Boulevard impacting traffic, pedestrians and cyclists. This will continue through the rest of this term. Delays should be expected, so please plan ahead.

All efforts are being made to maintain pedestrian routes during construction. However, in the next few months pedestrians will need to be detoured to either Walter Gage Road or south of UBC Life Building to allow for paving to take place along the south side of the North Parkade. More details to come once dates are known.

Please obey and be respectful of flaggers who have been doing a great job keeping everyone moving as best as possible during this challenging construction project.

Construction on Lot 6, future home of Wordsworth, at the corner of Ross Drive and Birney Avenue will begin in June 2023 and is expected to be completed in Fall 2025. Visit the traffic management page for an overview of the traffic control that will be in place during construction to minimize impacts to the neighbourhood.

Due to District Energy System work along the south side of West Parkade and the Swing Space Building, Lower Mall Northbound Lane will be CLOSED until July 31. Minor delays to traffic are expected. Pedestrians that normally use the pathway between USB and the West Parkade are detoured to either University Boulevard or Agronomy Road.