City of Nanaimo Projects

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HEART and HEARTH

The Ministry of Housing has identified the City of Nanaimo as a priority community to participate in the Provincial programs Homeless Encampment Action Response Team (HEART); and Homeless Encampment Action Response Temporary Housing (HEARTH).
Planning
Active

First Street Utility Upgrades

A comprehensive infrastructure improvement project, in the First St Area focusing on the upgrade and replacement of aging utility systems, including water and sanitary mains, along Bowen Road, Doric Avenue, and First Street. Key features include the construction of a raised intersection at Doric and Bowen.
Active

Park Avenue Concept Plan (933 Park Avenue)

Planning
Active
07/22/2022

Downtown Transit Exchange

 

Active

South Downtown Waterfront - 1 Port Drive

The City of Nanaimo acquired the lands at 1 Port Drive from CP Rail in March 2013
Planning
Active

Nanaimo Waterfront Walkway

In December 2017, Nanaimo City Council endorsed the Nanaimo Waterfront Walkway Implementation Plan which outlines how the waterfront walkway can be upgraded and expanded from Departure Bay to the Nanaimo River Estuary.

Engineering
Active
05/17/2017

Nanaimo Region Rent Bank

A rent bank is an eviction prevention and housing stability service that provides interest free loans to low-to-moderate income renter households facing eviction or in need of assistance to pay essential utilities because of a short-term financial crisis.
Active

Supporting Home Retrofits

The City of Nanaimo (the City) and the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) are working on a community energy retrofit feasibility study to understand and support existing building energy efficiency and emission reduction retrofit financing options.   The study will help both governments understand low density residential greenhouse gas emissions sources and opportunities to reduce those emissions through building retrofit and financing programs.
Active

MONITORING STRATEGY

The Monitoring Strategy will be a supporting document to City Plan: Nanaimo ReImagined which will outline key indicators that provide meaningful, holistic insights on progress towards our goals. Key indicators are those that can be tracked regularly and consistently. While the City does, and will continue to monitor many supporting statistics through various processes, the focus of the Monitoring Strategy is to work together to regularly monitor a manageable selection of key indicators related to the Five City Goals.

Planning
Active

6 Commercial Street Expression of Interest

The City of Nanaimo has issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) to gauge interest in the redevelopment of the former Jean Burns property at 6 Commercial Street. Council is keen to see this high profile site brought back into productive use.
Planning
Active

Albert / Fourth Complete Street & Utility Upgrades

This page provides information about the Albert/Fourth Complete Street & Utility Upgrade Project.
Engineering
Active

INTEGRATED ACTION PLAN

Implementation of City Plan: Nanaimo ReImagined will be supported by two key documents, an Integrated Action Plan and a Monitoring Strategy. The Integrated Action Plan is designed to communicate a range of key actions the City of Nanaimo is already doing on an ongoing basis as well as actions to be prioritized as “Immediate” to be done in the next four years or “Future” beyond four years.  The Integrated Action Plan is intended to be reviewed and updated regularly and aligned with capital plans and budgets to ensure that actions are coordinated and reflect Council priorities to achieve City Plan Goals.
Planning
Active

Extension Road Traffic Calming

After over two years of planning and design, the Extension Road Traffic Calming pilot is being implemented in Spring 2024. This project includes proposed traffic calming features such as crosswalk improvements, a speed table, intersection narrowing with flexible bollards, signage, and road marking.

The design takes into consideration feedback from stakeholders, including residents in the area, the Chase River Community Association, and the Chase River PAC, as well as from internal stakeholders including Nanaimo Fire Rescue.

Transportation
Active

Nanaimo Acute Response Table

The City of Nanaimo is working with community partners to develop a Situation Table (table) that consists of a multi-agency team focused on addressing specific situations where the probability of a vulnerable person or family experiencing harm is imminent, significant and cuts across multiple human service sectors. The table serves vulnerable individuals or families in situations of acutely elevated risk where risk prevention cannot be addressed by a single agency alone. Agencies at the table work collaboratively and rapidly to connect individuals and families to services before they experience a traumatic event.
Planning
Active

Nanaimo BMX Race Track Redevelopment

Parks
Active

Nanaimo Youth Resilience Strategy

The City of Nanaimo is working to address gun and gang violence in partnership with Public Safety Canada through the Building Safer Communities Fund.  The City of Nanaimo has been allocated $1.8 million over the next four years to develop and implement a strategy that will prevent gun and gang violence in Nanaimo.

The Strategy was endorsed by Council at its regular Council meeting on May 1st, 2023. The City is working to develop a three year contribution agreement with Public Safety Canada.

For all Strategy documents, see below.

Planning
Active

Midtown Gateway Project

The Midtown Gateway Project is transforming a legacy brownfield site impacted by past industrial activity into a revitalized neighbourhood gateway. It features new complete street transportation corridors, a new naturalized storm water wetland with public walking trails, and enhanced access to our premier recreation complex - Beban Park.
Engineering
Active
08/22/2022 12/31/2024

Fifth Street Complete Street

The Fifth Street Complete Street project aims to increase the safety and comfort for people who walk, bike, take transit, and drive along this corridor. This project will see the continuation of on-street cycling facilities between the Downtown Mobility Hub and Vancouver Island University Mobility Hub, which is the City's largest cycling destination.

At this time, the construction of the corridor has been postponed, but the signalization of the Fifth Street and Bruce Avenue intersection was completed in December 2023.

Engineering
Active

Mobility, Accessibility and Safety Improvement Projects

A variety of small-scale mobility, accessibility, and safety improvements around the City.
Transportation
Active
09/01/2018 12/31/2020

Third Street - Utility & Complete Street Upgrades

This project is designed to enhance the safety and comfort of pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and drivers, while simultaneously carrying out utility upgrades that align with the planned improvements to the surface infrastructure.
Engineering
Active

Nanaimo Operations Centre Project

To address the long-standing and increasingly unsustainable health, safety, environmental and operational shortcomings of the site in a fiscally responsible manner.
Facilities
Active

Increasing Adaptable Housing

This page provides information about the policy project intended to encourage more adaptable and accessible housing units within the City of Nanaimo.  Adaptable and Accessible housing refers to housing that accommodates all residents regardless of their abilities.  An Accessible dwelling is designed to meet the needs of people with all abilities; an Adaptable dwelling is designed to be easily renovated to meet tenant or owner's changing accessibility needs.


Planning
Active
08/26/2021 01/01/2022

Increasing Family-Friendly Housing

This page provides information about the policy project intended to encourage more multiple family-friendly housing units within the City of Nanaimo.

 


Planning
Active
08/26/2021 01/01/2023

Terminal Avenue Upgrades

Terminal Avenue is an important gateway to Nanaimo’s downtown core. Over a number of years, community consultation efforts have consistently highlighted the need for redevelopment along Terminal Avenue. Building off the “Terminal-Nicol Re-imagined” document (a grassroots effort to develop a planning document to push forward the redevelopment of Terminal Avenue) the City is taking steps to create a cohesive vision for a vibrant, thriving downtown Nanaimo. 
Engineering
Active

Midtown Water Supply Upgrades

The Midtown Water Supply Project is an important multi-year / multi-phase major water infrastructure upgrade project that will serve the community for generations and will provide resiliency in the City's core water supply network.

Engineering
Active
03/12/2021

Bowen Park Creatures Art Project

This art project explores and celebrates Bowen Park, inviting curiosity about the life and relationships in the park– plant, animal, and human. 
Arts and Culture
Active

The Georgia Greenway "Slow Street"

Phase 1 of the Georgia Greenway project was completed in 2019. The multi-year phased project is now underway will extend the Georgia Greenway from Fourth Street to Eighth Street by introducing several "Slow Street" measures including a reduced speed limit, traffic calming features, and cycling improvements. 
Transportation
Active
07/01/2020 04/15/2024

Lost Lake Road Traffic Calming

Transportation
Active
05/04/2020 12/31/2023

REIMAGINE NANAIMO

REIMAGINE NANAIMO represents an engagement process that involved thousands of inputs from the community, interested and affected agencies and organizations including government-to-government engagement with Snuneymuxw First Nation. City Plan: Nanaimo ReImagined, the City’s strategic planning document for the coming 25 years, is a result of that engagement process. 

Planning
Active

Harewood Centennial Playground Improvements

In 2010, City Council adopted an improvement plan for Harewood Centennial Park to ensure that the outdated park amenities were improved to meet the recreational needs and desires of the changing community
Parks
Active

BC Energy Step Code and Zero Carbon Code Implementation Strategy

The City of Nanaimo is working with the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN), Town of Qualicum Beach, and District of Lantzville in developing a strategy to support energy efficient, low carbon buildings and localized energy generation in our region.

Active

Te'tuxwtun Project (Fifth Street Properties)

The purpose of the Te’tuxwtun Project is for the Knowledge Partners to explore opportunities for joint development and partnership on all three properties. It is the Knowledge Partners’ intention to enhance the community through housing, services and amenities. The Te’tuxwtun Project, built on the teachings of the land, is envisioned to provide the foundation to both protect and improve the quality of life for all present and future community members.

Priorities for the project include:

  • New affordable rental housing
  • A new location for the Learning Alternatives school district program
  • Culture, parks and recreation services
  • Other community services identified through the planning process, such as health services and childcare

 

Snuneymuxw First Nation will guide the growth and development of the three properties, bringing a wealth of cultural knowledge to the project. 

Planning
Active
12/17/2018 03/31/2022

Linley Valley Park Planning

With the addition of 20.2 hectares (50 acres) added in May 2018 located off of Tanya Drive, a planning process for Linley Valley Park will be undertaken.
Parks
Active

Beban Park Master Plan Update

In 2015, a master plan update process was completed to ensure that this park campus meets the current and future recreational needs of the community
Parks
Active

Harewood Centennial Park Improvements

In 2010, City Council adopted an improvement plan for Harewood Centennial Park to ensure that the outdated park amenities were improved to meet the recreational needs and desires of the changing community
Parks
Active

Maffeo Sutton Park Master Plan Update

The City of Nanaimo is working to further improve Maffeo Sutton Park.
Parks
Active
06/21/2015

Last updated: February 9, 2024

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