Three highways and two transit lines
The City of Burnaby permits work on its municipal streets. Highway 1, Highway 7 and Highway 7A stay provincial where they cross the city, so a job on Lougheed is a MoTI application even though the address is Burnaby.
Burnaby also carries both the Expo and Millennium SkyTrain lines. Work close to a guideway, a station or a substation brings TransLink into the conversation alongside the road authority, and that is a separate approval from the one that lets you occupy the lane.
None of this is difficult once it is identified. It is expensive when it is identified late.
Frequently asked
The City of Burnaby for municipal streets. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure for Highway 1, Highway 7 and Highway 7A where they run through the city.
Usually yes. Work close to guideway, stations or transit infrastructure typically involves TransLink in addition to the road authority. It is worth establishing early, because it is an approval rather than a formality.
Every flagger holds current BC TCP certification. That is the provincial standard and it applies in Burnaby the same as anywhere else in British Columbia.
Who issues the permit
City of Burnaby
Municipal streets in Burnaby.
burnaby.caBC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI)
Provincial highways and their rights-of-way, anywhere in BC — including where a highway runs through a municipality.
Provincial corridors through Burnaby
- Highway 1 — Trans-Canada, east–west through the city
- Highway 7 — Lougheed Highway
- Highway 7A — Barnet Highway