WILLINGDON LINEAR PARK

Willingdon Linear Park features a multi-use urban path, custom furnishings and paving treatments and pedestrian level lighting all set in a generous green space with a new urban forest.
Client: City of Burnaby

Location: Burnaby, BC

Project Type: Municipal, Landscape Architecture

About This Project

The City of Burnaby retained ISL to provide comprehensive conceptual and detailed design, tender administration and construction review services for the Willingdon Linear Park. The park runs 1.2 km along Willingdon Avenue from Lougheed Highway to Hastings Street with a future phase extending the Park north to Penzance Street.

It links major new high-density, mixed-use developments with the Burnaby Heights commercial district, Confederation Park and a regional trail network while offering multi-modal (pedestrian, bike, bus) transportation facilities.

Willingdon Linear Park features a multi-use urban path, custom furnishings and paving treatments and pedestrian level lighting all set in a generous green space with a new urban forest. Two pocket parks act as focal points, rest areas and public gathering spaces. Public art is also integrated throughout the project.

The Linear Park pathway, public art, land forms, custom furnishings and paving bands are woven together, giving the site a distinct, cohesive and expressive design. The project also includes new curb alignment and medians along Willingdon Avenue as well new crosswalks and enhanced signalization at six intersections. 

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Envision Silver Award for Sustainable Infrastructure

June 25, 2019 – The Willingdon Linear Park located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada is the recent recipient of the Envision Silver award for sustainable infrastructure. To earn Envision Silver, a project must demonstrate that it delivers a range of environmental, social, and economic benefits to the host and affected communities.

Before development and construction of this project between Brentwood Park and Hastings Street, pedestrian access was poor and the area east of Willingdon Avenue was overgrown with vegetation and rarely used. The Willingdon Linear Park provides residents with a safe, accessible pathway with a direct connection between Brentwood Town Centre and Hasting Street; green space; and traffic calming of a busy arterial roadway.

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