Campus Road Closures

A concert will take place at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre on Sunday, November 15, 2026, from 8:00 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. Temporary road closures, parking restrictions, and transit changes will be in effect around Thunderbird Boulevard and East Mall.

Road Impacts – Sunday, November 15, 2026

Traffic control will be in place to manage vehicles leaving Thunderbird Parkade. Road closures will begin at 11:15 p.m., 30 minutes before the scheduled concert end time. Parking and transit restrictions will begin earlier in the day, as outlined below.

Road Closures and Traffic Restrictions

UBC Parking will implement temporary road closures beginning at 11:15 p.m. to facilitate traffic exiting Thunderbird Parkade.

• Two lanes will be used to exit the parkade. Vehicles will turn right onto westbound Thunderbird Boulevard, then left onto East Mall to reach West 16th Avenue.
• Northbound access to East Mall from West 16th Avenue will be closed during the road-closure period, including access for buses.

Please follow directions from UBC parking staff and traffic control personnel.

Parking Restrictions

Parking will not be permitted from 6:00 p.m. until midnight in the following locations:

• East side of East Mall – between Thunderbird Boulevard and West 16th Avenue.
• West side of East Mall – between FPInnovations and West 16th Avenue.

Osborne Lot Access

• Osborne Lot will be closed to general public parking from 3:00 p.m. onward on event day.
• Access will be limited to persons with disabilities displaying a valid SPARC parking permit.

Transit Information

• Bus 68, travelling from Totem Park toward East Mall, will be subject to temporary traffic control from 9:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
• A traffic control person will temporarily stop the bus at Thunderbird Boulevard and Thunderbird Crescent before directing it south along East Mall to West 16th Avenue.

Please check transit updates before traveling.

Emergency Access

Emergency access will be maintained for first responders at all times.

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.