Cloverley Elementary Transportation Improvements

Cloverley Elementary Transportation Improvements

Helping students walk and roll independently and safely to the new Cloverley Elementary School. 

Preparing for Cloverley Elementary School Opening Day
The City of North Vancouver is focused on supporting North Vancouver School District 44 to deliver the new Cloverley Elementary School on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. The City is continuing its work promoting safe and active school travel and enhancing infrastructure in the school catchment area. Learn more about planning your trip to Cloverley Elementary by visiting the school’s website and the City’s Best Routes to School Map.

As part of the Safe & Active School Travel Program, the City of North Vancouver and North Vancouver School District (NVSD) are upgrading transportation infrastructure to help students walk and roll independently and safely to the new Cloverley Elementary School, scheduled to open September 8, 2026. This long-standing partnership between the School District and the City delivers infrastructure, policy and programs to schools across the City. 


Planned Improvements

School Zone

Whether a child walks, rolls, takes transit or is dropped off near the school, every journey involves walking on a sidewalk and often, crossing a street. This is why the infrastructure around a school zone prioritizes slower vehicle speeds and measures to improve the visibility of our youngest residents. Improvements include:

  • 30 km/h school speed zone with speed humps;
  • Raised crossings with curb extensions to make children visible to drivers, shorten crossing distances and slow vehicles;
  • More streetlights, with pedestrian level lighting to improve visibility;
  • Wider sidewalks on Shavington, Hendry, Kennard and portions of Cloverley, where grade permits, to improve accessibility and comfort;
  • New pick-up and drop-off signage to align with accessible paths, stairs and entrances to the school and daycare. 

Review the map of planned improvements within the Cloverley school zone.

Catchment Area 

Reducing barriers and improving comfort to walking or rolling to school are important investments for safety, health and reducing congestion near schools and across our City.  

Improvements are planned within the school’s catchment area which extends west to Lonsdale and is bounded to the north by Keith, to the east by Lynn Creek and to the south by the waterfront. 

Along Queensbury Ave at E 4th St and E 7th St, new crosswalk markings, curb extensions, Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs), and improved lighting will make these arterial crossings safer. August 2026 update: these RRFB’s will begin construction in mid-September for completion later in the fall. In the interim, the City will provide flagging personnel at 4th and Queensbury to support this route to the school. 

crosswalk example

(Example of planned improvements to Queensbury Ave, Chesterfield and W 21st St)

Sutherland Avenue, between E 4th Street and E Keith Rd, is one of the last remaining areas with no sidewalks on either side of the street. Work is ongoing to construct a sidewalk on Sutherland Ave, with construction anticipated in 2027. Staff have met with many of the residents living along the block to better understand the local context, more information will be shared with surrounding community as the design is developed.

Cloverley School Catchment Area Improvements map

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Following the school opening, the City will continue to work with NVSD, the school’s PAC, parents, and the surrounding community to understand emerging travel patterns to identify further improvements.  


More Information

Construction Timeframes

In the lead up to the start of the 2026 school year, construction efforts have been focused on completing the school building and essential infrastructure near the school to welcome families in time for the first day of school. Work will continue through the fall to complete planned infrastructure upgrades around and approaching the school site.

The City and NVSD are committed to ensuring the safety of students walking and rolling to school. Where infrastructure upgrades remain incomplete, traffic control personnel will be stationed to support safe movement through the area once the school is open, and heavy equipment operation will be restricted during school pick-up and drop-off times to prioritise the safe arrival and departure of students and families.

All infrastructure updates detailed on this page are scheduled for completion by fall 2026 unless otherwise stated.

Traffic Management in the Cloverley Neighbourhood

The City has been working with residents in the Cloverley neighbourhood since 2016 to mitigate traffic impacts in the community. Details on traffic calming work to date are available on the City’s Cloverley Neighbourhood Traffic Calming page.

In the lead-up to and during the opening of Cloverley Elementary, the City is focused on helping students travel to school independently and safely. Safety improvements to the streets surrounding the school include a 30 km/h school zone speed limit, speed humps, raised crossings and intersection adjustments. No further changes to the road network are currently planned in the Cloverley neighbourhood. The City is also not considering installing more physical measures such as barriers or street closures in the school area due to the impact these would have on local access for residents, parents, and emergency and street operation vehicles.

Once Cloverley Elementary is operational, the City will collect updated information to better understand how travel patterns for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles have changed following the school’s opening. This information will inform consideration of any future transportation investments or operational changes in the area.

The City is also working with NVSD to encourage walking, rolling and public transport to Cloverley Elementary to reduce traffic impacts in the area as part of the City’s Safe and Active School Travel Program. This program includes the creation of maps and plans to guide families travelling to and around the school site, including a Best Route to School Map which promotes use of sustainable transport options.

How Improvement Decisions Were Made

The delivery of safe and comfortable transportation infrastructure is informed by policy direction, traffic engineering, safety standards and local context.

Improvements around Cloverley Elementary are aligned with the City’s Mobility Strategy, which guides the long-term vision for safer, more inclusive, and accessible streets. This policy direction helped define these specific mobility goals for Cloverley Elementary:

  • Slower driving speeds and more visible pedestrians to create safer conditions for all;
  • Continuous and comfortable sidewalks to make walking a more practical option for more families;
  • Aligning intersection and crossing improvements with desire lines to school entrances to help avoid unsafe behaviour; and
  • Making high-traffic roads less of a barrier by providing safe and protected crossings.

The design was then developed considering how to achieve these within the local and surrounding community context. In the Cloverley area, this includes:

  • Neighbourhood transportation context: the existing travel patterns, parking demand, points of entry and exit, and the impacts of bridge incidents on the local streets;
  • The location of the school and where students are likely to be approaching from based on registration;
  • Site-specific considerations like the position of the school, the steep site topography and the influence of entranceways on desire lines and pick-up/drop-off activity; and
  • Observed behaviours of children and parents during drop-off and pick-up.


Contact Info

Infrastructure, Transport and Parks
Phone: 604-983-7333
Email: sidewalks@cnv.org

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