On Saturday, June 14th and Sunday June 15th, the T100 Triathlon World Tour will be coming to UBC. The race will begin at Jericho Beach Park. This is a world-class sporting event being hosted in Canada for the first time.  

Main impacts:

• On Saturday, the southbound lane on Marine Drive will be closed, but the northbound lane will be open for local traffic to access Botanical Garden, MoA and Cecil Green Park Road through gaps in cyclists with the help of Traffic Control Personnel.  
• On Sunday, NW/SW Marine Drive will be fully closed from 16th Avenue to East Mall with no vehicle crossings except at Botanical Garden via Stadium Road through gaps in cyclists with the help of Traffic Control Personnel. TransLink bus route 68 and R4 will be impacted. Please check TransLink alerts website for details.  
• All roads will re-open by 3pm on Saturday and by 12:30pm on Sunday. The campus community is strongly advised to plan ahead and avoid roads being used by the event.

For detailed course maps and road closure information please visit the event website. Questions or concerns can be directed to the event organizers at: vancouver@t100triathlon.com

Please note:  Cyclists will be travelling at very high speeds. Do not cross the course unless assisted by Traffic Control Personnel. 

Event Info:

• Organization: Canada Running Series Foundation
• Event Date & Time: Sunday, June 22, 2025 from 7:30 am until 11:00 
• Setup Date & Time: Sunday, June 22, 2025 at 6:00 am
• Takedown Date & Time: Sunday, June 22, 2025 immediately after the event until 2:00 pm 
• Participants (maximum): 6,000

Event Details:

• Half marathon starts at 7:30am, 5K starts at 9:45am 
• Start line for half marathon event and start & finish line for 5K event located on NW Marine Drive between Oberlander Lane and Agronomy Road 
• Registration is required
• No alcohol or food will be served 
• Power-boosted sound system will be used 
• Light refreshments will be served
• Portables, race package pickup, celebration for 5K and first aid will be in third party parking lot on NW Marine Drive at Agronomy Road
• Shuttle buses will be used to return participants to the start line throughout the morning, but no roads will be impacted

Road Closures:

Lane Closures

• 7am – 10:45am: SW Marine Drive between Wesbrook Mall and Kullahun Drive open in northbound direction only (to UBC). Southbound traffic (from UBC) detoured to 16th Avenue.

Full Road Closures

• 4:00 am – 12:30 pm: NW Marine Drive between Stadium Road and University Blvd 
• 4:00 am – 12:30 pm: Agronomy Road between NW Marine Drive and Lower Mall 
• 7:00 am – 9:30 am: NW Marine Drive between University Blvd and East Mall 
• 7:00 am – 10:00 am: NW Marine Drive from Chancellor Blvd to 4th Ave (along Spanish Banks)
• 7:00 am – 10:45 am: SW Marine Drive (Wesbrook Mall to Stadium Road)

Additional Info:

• Access to Botanical Garden via Stadium Road across NW Marine Drive through gaps in runners. Flaggers will be present. 
• Wesbrook Place residents and visitors, use 16th Avenue during event to avoid delays, not SW Marine Drive. There is no access from Wesbrook Mall onto SW Marine Drive from 7am to 10:45am.
• Cecil Green Park Road access accommodated from NW Marine Drive via Chancellor Blvd through gaps in runners.
• UBC Hospital access via 16th Avenue, University Blvd and Chancellor Blvd to Wesbrook Mall.

Maps:

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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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Saturday June 21st from 7:00pm to 11:00pm.

UBC Parking will close roads half an hour before event end time to expedite traffic from Thunderbird Parkade by using the two lane exit plan. 

Two lanes of traffic will exit the parkade and turn right onto Thunderbird Blvd West on West bound lanes then turn left at East Mall to 16th Ave. 
East side of East Mall from Thunderbird Blvd to 16th Ave and west side of East Mall from FP Innovations to 16th Ave will be closed to parking starting all day on event day.

Osborne lot will be closed on June 21st from 3pm to June 22 at 5pm to accommodate Tough Toddler on June 22nd. The parkade will only be open for persons with disabilities. 

Transit:  Bus #68 from Totem Park will be stopped temporarily at Thunderbird Blvd and Thunderbird Cr, then directed down East Mall to 16th Ave. From 10:00 pm till 12:30 on June 21st. 

 

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The Gateway Building at the NW corner of Wesbrook Mall and University Boulevard is nearing completion and work is being done to repair the roads and sidewalks adjacent to it. Key details of this work are as follows:

• From 6am on Friday, June 13th through to 6am Monday, June 16th – University Boulevard west of Wesbrook Mall will be CLOSED. Access will be maintained for service, deliveries and essential needs only. Access will be maintained for pedestrians along the south side of the street, cyclists will need to follow traffic control personnel instructions and trolley busses will be short turned at Blanca where passengers will need to transfer to diesel buses to travel the rest of the way to the UBC Bus Exchange.
• Starting Monday, June 16th for two to three weeks, weather dependent. Portions of Wesbrook Mall north of University Boulevard will be repaved. This will result in single lane alternating traffic for ALL TRAFFIC, so please anticipate some delays or avoid the area if possible. No detours for buses are planned. 

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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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. 

November 2024 Update: Thank you for your patience as work continues around Rec North and the changes to the North Parkade. Work will be ongoing in that area through early 2025. There are no substantial changes to how things are operating today.

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.