If Vancouver city council gives the go-ahead on Wednesday, Granville Street could one day resemble a mix of car-free Las Ramblas in Barcelona, with the live music of Nashville’s Broadway, plus a touch of the bright lights of Tokyo’s Shibuya pedestrian crossing.

That is the 20-year vision for a striking new plan to revitalize the city’s once-neon-lit grand old dame of a street, which has fallen on hard times.

The plan, which envisions all of Granville eventually being car-free from the bridge over False Creek to Waterfront Station, could cost up to $140 million in 2025 dollars, according preliminary estimates in the report, which was two years in the making.

“Currently, the area faces challenges with vacant storefronts, lack of daytime activity, and rising health, safety and street-disor

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