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title: "Holdom Avenue overpass in Burnaby wins top sustainability award"
description: "The overpass project over Still Creek and the CN rail line in North Burnaby has received Envision Platinum, the highest sustainability designation from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure."
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last_updated: "2026-11-13T16:46:06.368Z"
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The Holdom Avenue overpass project in North Burnaby has received Envision Platinum, the highest sustainability designation given by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, Freshet News reported on November 12. The recognition covers the project's environmental design, First Nations art and habitat work in the Still Creek corridor.

The four-lane overpass crosses Still Creek and the CN rail line. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority leads the project. When complete in fall 2027, it will be handed to the City of Burnaby.

## What the overpass includes

The overpass will open to vehicle traffic in spring 2027, Freshet News reports. Full completion, including final landscaping, is expected in fall 2027.

Each side of the overpass will have a 4-metre-wide multi-use pathway for cyclists and people on foot. The project includes 24 pieces of First Nations art on the pillars. Workers are planting 10,000 native trees and shrubs in the Still Creek corridor, and nearly 15,000 square metres of habitat is being restored. The plantings replace invasive species, including blackberry, knotweed and reed canarygrass.

The Central Valley Greenway, a cycling and walking route through the area, closed for four weeks in January 2026 for concrete girder installation. The project manager quoted by Freshet News says the greenway will be paved and planted with green space and benches when construction ends.

## What it replaces

The overpass replaces the at-grade Douglas Road rail crossing, which Freshet News says closes about 30 times a day when trains pass. That crossing will close once the overpass opens. Freshet News notes the overpass project has been on Burnaby's planning list for nearly 100 years.

## What this means for residents

Drivers, cyclists and people on foot who cross the CN rail line in the Brentwood area will gain a grade-separated route when the overpass opens in spring 2027. The Douglas Road level crossing delays of about 30 closures a day will end. Cyclists will have a 4-metre pathway on each side of the overpass, connecting to the Central Valley Greenway, which runs toward Vancouver and Coquitlam.

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