Renewed push for Surrey LRT after new Mayors’ Council chair elected

SURREY (NEWS 1130) – With a new Mayors’ Council chair in Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan, the Surrey Board of Trade is renewing its campaign for the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT.

The organization has written to Corrigan to make sure the project goes ahead.

The project, divided into two lanes, including one that would connect city centre to Langley on the Fraser Highway, would see 27 kilometres of light rail with about 19 stops.

While some have called for a SkyTrain for the area instead, Board CEO Anita Huberman argues that would only disconnect the city.

“The ability to grow our town centre, expand the system in terms of our community plan, is the opposite of what SkyTrain will do.”

“Increasing buses will very quickly increase congestion. Having SkyTrain on Fraser highway is four times the cost.”

Huberman wants construction to begin in early 2019.

A grassroots group called “Skytrain for Surrey” has written its own letter to Corrigan, asking him to remove the project from the Mayors’ 10-Year Vision.

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