Parking, SkyTrain, and Traffic Disruptions Update
Parking, SkyTrain, and Traffic Disruptions Update
Colourstrings Music is actively responding to significant and unforeseen disruptions resulting from SkyTrain construction, unplanned traffic and bus route redirections, and the sudden removal of parking directly in front of our school without notice. In response, we have taken a proactive and solutions-focused approach to maintain safe access and continuity for our families, students, and staff.
This includes clear and ongoing communication, flexible arrival planning, and on-site support to help families navigate rapidly changing conditions.
At the same time, we are advocating firmly on behalf of our community: Colourstrings has been featured on CTV, CBC, CBC Radio, Global News, and Radio 1130 AM, and we have formally requested meetings with the Provincial Minister of Transportation and the City of Vancouver to seek immediate clarity, accountability, and workable solutions.
Our priority remains minimizing disruption while ensuring our school community is supported, informed, and able to continue learning with confidence during this unplanned and evolving situation.
We will be posting information on here as we get it, we have had no previous notice, please use the media links below as a starting reference and visit and comment on this blog so I can help manage this. We need your support in the community more than ever, as all the businesses in the area are facing closure, including or family run school, as this is making it difficult for parents, staff and us to operate.
Dougie, Laura & Isla
Parking Suggestions as of Jan 17th
Parking in the area - we will update soon
- we suggest keeping to the north west area of the school, along 6th to 7th Ave / Quebec towards Ontario if you are driving, access from 4th Ave not Broadway.
- we are trying to get a designated drop area or parking zone!
City of Vancouver: - no communication about helping the businesses in the area
Provincial Government: (they run the operation) - we do not compensate businesses for transport projects.
Broadway Project : very late communications about closures, offered window cleaning.
Broadway Project Link
Mount Pleasant BIA
Broadway Latest Maps for traffic flow
Dougie has been trying with the BIA and other business owners to get help from the Provincial Government and The Broadway Project to get logistic help, financial help, Grants or just communication about what is going on. We have been told that business and the community will not get any help - we hope to change this and will keep fighting!!
CBC NEWS
GLOBAL NEWS
CBC RADIO - Gloria Macarenko
NEWS 1130
CTV NEWS
MOUNT PLEASANT TOWN HALL MEETING - Provincial Government did not attend.
COLOURSTRINGS GOFUNDME