VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Drivers and cyclists take note, you soon could see changes to the north end of the Burrard Street Bridge.

The city is looking into improving the most dangerous intersection for cyclists after seeing a spike in crashes at Burrard and Pacific.

Two years ago, there were 13 cyclist-vehicle collisions and last year there were eight at the intersection.

This has the city working to make it safer as part of potential plans to upgrade the aging span.

But NPA Councillor George Affleck is hoping for more than just a “Band-Aid” solution.

“We finally have to get to the nut of the problem and deal with this bridge, the cosmetics of some of it and also dealing with the traffic flow, the bike lanes, and the pedestrians, we need to fix this bridge for the long term and we need to get this done as soon as possible.”

He says it will be a multi-million dollar project that should get input from taxpayers. “However, it doesn’t solve all the problems that we have with the Burrard Street Bridge, clearly we need to upgrade that bridge and deal with the fact that pedestrians can’t walk on one side of it anymore and I think that it’s unfortunate.”