Which rulebook the plan is written against
The first thing a plan has to establish is whose road it is. In Vancouver that answer decides the statute: the Vancouver Charter for city streets, the provincial regime for Highway 1 and Highway 99 where they cross the city.
Getting it wrong is not a formatting problem. A plan drawn to the wrong authority's requirements is not a plan that needs editing — it is one that has to be redone, and the schedule absorbs the difference.
We prepare plans to MoTI, TAC and municipal requirements and submit them on your behalf as part of the work, so the question of which one applies is settled before anything is drawn.
Frequently asked
Any occupation of a City street needs the City's permission, and a plan is how you show what you intend to do. What the plan must contain depends on the road and the scope of the work.
We do, on your behalf, as part of the work. The plan is prepared for your specific site rather than pulled from a template.
Then it needs both. The city boundary does not change who owns a provincial highway, so a job that touches both needs an application to each authority.
Who issues the permit
City of Vancouver
Municipal streets in Vancouver.
vancouver.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 Vancouver
- Highway 1 — Trans-Canada, through the Cassiar Connector
- Highway 99 — Oak Street Bridge, Oak and Granville
- Highway 99 north — Lions Gate Bridge