Is the city actually fixing up streets and sidewalks?
Every Vancouver street needs constant patching, repaving, and sidewalk repair. Here's how much capital money the city is setting aside for streets each year.
On track
Capital spending on streets has gone up — $184M planned for 2025 versus $156M in 2023.
1The story
What we're trackingCouncil provided direction to inform development of the 2027–2030 Capital Plan. This includes significant increased investments of $104 million in roads and sidewalks.— City of Vancouver 2027-2030 Capital Plan, July 2026
In plain terms: Potholes, cracked sidewalks, crumbling curbs — these are all 'streets' capital projects. When this number goes up, the city is planning more roadwork in your neighbourhood. When it drops, expect more complaints about infrastructure decay.
We pulled every line item from the City of Vancouver's multi-year capital budget tagged 'Streets' and summed the planned expenditures by budget year. This is the city's own forward-looking plan, not actual spend. The dataset covers 2023–2026; big projects land in single years, so the series is lumpy. Source: City of Vancouver open data.
City of Vancouver open data — Capital Budget (Streets) · as of 2026-10-21 · Vancouver Promise Tracker — an independent look at whether local leaders deliver on their word.