Active Transportation Network Plan: Year 2 Routes

Project Update: February 19, 2026

What We Heard Reports are now available for the Active Transportation Network Plan engagements on Wood Street, Third Avenue, and Fourth, Merivale and Elliot Streets. Click below to access each report.

What’s happening?

In October 2022, Council approved the Active Transportation Network Plan, initiating a five-year plan to develop a network of active transportation routes to connect major destinations, including neighbourhoods, commercial areas, civic facilities, schools, parks, and routes between different regions.

This network will be user-friendly for people of all ages and abilities and make walking and biking in New Westminster safer, more accessible, and more convenient. It’s an exciting step to building a more accessible, equitable, and sustainable city!

Key Features of the Active Transportation Network Plan

• Improve and expand the existing all-ages-and-abilities (AAA) active transportation network by providing safer and more comfortable options to travel through New Westminster.
• Improve the safety and accessibility of walking and cycling routes to other parts of the city and regional destinations.
• Use quick-build designs (where possible), which are more economical, faster to install and easier to adjust.
• Supports the City’s Master Transportation Plan goals and Seven Bold Steps for Climate Action.

Year Two Routes

In 2024, the City worked on detailed planning and public engagement for the Year 1 Routes. You can learn more about these routes on the Active Transportation Network Plan: Year 1 Routes Be Heard page.

For year two, the City has identified five priority routes from the Active Transportation Network Plan, with planning, design, and public engagement scheduled to take place on these routes in 2025. These Year 2 Routes will connect to the Year 1 Routes, providing more active transportation improvements in key areas of the city.

Engagement on the Year 2 Routes will be split into two parts, each one focusing on different routes:

Documents and Links

City of New Westminster transportation background:

• City of New Westminster Active Transportation Plan (2022)
• Active Transportation Core Network Map
• City of New Westminster Master Transportation Plan (2015)
• New Westminster City Council Approval of Active Transportation Network Plan (October 2022)

Year 1 engagement:

• What We Heard Report Boyd Street and Seventh Avenue West (October 2024)
• What We Heard Report Seventh Street (January 2025)

Year 2 engagement:

• What We Heard Report ATNP London Street (August, 2025)
• What We Heard Report ATNP Eighth, Ninth, Tenth Street (August, 2025)
• What We Heard Report ATNP Third Avenue (February, 2026)
• What We Heard Report ATNP Wood Street (February, 2026)
• What We Heard Report ATNP Fourth, Merivale, and Elliot Streets (February, 2026)

Who's Listening