Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum and Safe Surrey Coalition have already laid the foundation for the City’s municipal election campaign by proposing to build SkyTrain from King George to Newton.
“We have heard loud and clear from Surrey residents that they want SkyTrain to Newton and as part of Safe Surrey Coalitions’ 2022 campaign, one of the main pillars of our platform will be to build SkyTrain from King George station to Newton,” said Mayor Doug McCallum.
“SkyTrain to Newton will spur economic growth along the corridor and help us fight climate change by providing an alternative mode of transportation,” said Safe Surrey Coalition.
During the 2018 election, McCallum and Safe Surrey Coalition made a promise to cancel LRT and build SkyTrain to Langley. Safe Surrey Coalition delivered on that promise by securing the full funding for the project and construction works are already underway on Fraser Hwy.
“Safe Surrey Coalition will deliver on their promise to build SkyTrain to Newton. We will get it done,” Mayor McCallum said.
Recently City Council also approved a $17.5 million contract during its Regular Council Meeting last week more preparatory work for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension.
“The City of Surrey is moving full speed ahead on SkyTrain Early Works,” said Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum. “With funding secured from all levels of government, the $4 billion Surrey Langley SkyTrain will be built in one phase. Constructing the new SkyTrain line all at once will create a savings of $500-$600 million and will see the Surrey Langley SkyTrain delivered two years earlier. New rapid transit is long overdue in Surrey. At a time when the environment and global warming is at the forefront, the need to get people out of their fossil fuel burning cars and into transit has never been greater.”
The construction contract, awarded to B&B Heavy Civil Construction Ltd., consists of Fraser Highway widening to four lanes with cycling and pedestrian facilities and a widened centre median to accommodate the upcoming SLS Project.
According to the City, “Works consist of road widening, concrete curbs, sidewalks, multi-use paths, retaining walls, street lighting, traffic signals, wildlife culvert, fish passage improvements and in-stream works. The contract includes roadworks at Fraser Highway from George Junction to East of 96 Avenue and culvert replacement work on Fraser Highway at Quibble Creek.”
The contract work is expected to start in June 2022 and be completed by May 2023.
In fall 2020, Council approved an optimized four-lane Fraser Highway design between 140 Street and 148 Street through Green Timbers. The design establishes two lanes of travel in each direction in one of the most congested corridors in the City and an unfinished central median as Early Works to allow for the establishment of the future Surrey-Langley SkyTrain (“SLS”) guideway installation. On July 12, 2021, Council approved construction of the Fraser Highway improvements between 14200 Block and 148 Street. Phase 1 was predominantly completed in fall 2021 with completion of remaining instream work scheduled for June 2022.
