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New bike lanes are being considered for Vancouver, including some that would travel along key driving routes.

The proposed lanes would criss-cross Grandview-Woodland in the city’s east side along Nanaimo Street, Victoria Drive, Powell Street and a handful of side streets, according to the Grandview-Woodland community plan recently passed by city councillors.

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The plan does not list timelines for the routes and city staff could provide no dates Wednesday, but some are listed as being of higher priority than others because they fill gaps in the biking network or connect key destinations.

Among the priority projects is a bike lane that would travel along Powell Street between Clark and Woodland drives, before moving to quieter roads. The lane would connect the Powell Street overpass to Wall Street.

Plans to put a bike lane along Commercial Drive have drawn fire over the last few months but that route, as well as a two-block stretch of Graveley Street, are also listed as priorities for the city. The Graveley Street section would connect the existing Woodland bike lane to the northernmost end of the Commercial Drive route. It could also be used to connect Commercial to Victoria Drive.