Mount Pleasant's Four-Lane Return: East Broadway Fully Reopens Tomorrow, But Cambie Faces Six-Month Closure

On the morning of Thursday, June 25, 2026, East Broadway between Main Street and Quebec Street will fully reopen to four lanes of vehicle traffic—two in each direction—marking the permanent restoration of the roadway above the future Mount Pleasant Station. The provincial government announced that the work has progressed ahead of schedule, with the full reopening originally slated for July. This one-block stretch was fully closed to vehicles for four months beginning in early 2026 before reopening with two lanes on May 20, 2026. The intensive work included removing temporary traffic bridge decks spanning the construction site, installing new underground utilities, filling the depth above the subway station roof with compacted gravel, and restoring the roadway structure.

The reopening represents a significant milestone for the Broadway Subway project, which extends SkyTrain's Millennium Line six kilometres from VCC-Clark Station to Arbutus. For Mount Pleasant businesses and residents, the restoration of four lanes—and the simultaneous reopening of the south-side pedestrian sidewalk—ends a period of severe accessibility constraints that has suppressed foot traffic since the full closure began. Under the City of Vancouver's Broadway Plan, this block and the four other station construction sites along Broadway will maintain a permanent configuration of four vehicle lanes with wider sidewalks, repurposing space previously used for curbside parking to accommodate pedestrian traffic and urban greening infrastructure.