City of Vancouver exploring safety improvements to Granville Bridge after reports of fallen debris

David McCann works on Granville Island and claims a piece of concrete fell from underneath the Granville Bridge, crashing down close to one of his buildings.

David McCann works on Granville Island and claims a piece of concrete fell from underneath the Granville Bridge, crashing down close to one of his buildings.

“I look at people walking by every day and I go, 'Are you going to be the one that finally gets hit?'” said the Creekhouse property manager.

Back in 2019, McCann also spoke to CTV News about rusted metal falling onto one of his properties. 

In 2020, the city installed safety netting under the bridge, and staff believe there hasn’t been any debris that has fallen in the area since, including the piece of concrete.

"We inspected the debris netting, we inspected the structure of the bridge above this location, we considered the paths of travel the debris would have to take to get to this fallen location and we considered the size of the debris itself,” said Eric Mital, director of streets for the City of Vancouver.

“We rely on the expertise of our structure consultants and they tell us the material did not originate from the bridge."

Earlier this year, The Improv Centre was damaged due to objects being thrown off the bridge and crashing into its awning.