Research Co. poll excludes question on SkyTrain to Langley

A new poll on transit released by Research Co. is suppressing the voices of those in favour of a SkyTrain extension from Surrey to Langley.

This poll has claimed the majority of people are in support of the Surrey Light Rail Transit project, but it has only asked about the first phase of the project (the Surrey-Newton-Guildford line). No question was included regarding a future extension of LRT or SkyTrain from Surrey to Langley, even though the poll asks about a future extension of the Broadway SkyTrain from Arbutus to UBC.

Although the poll has claimed that a majority of people in Surrey support the Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit project, the poll asked only about 635 adults throughout the Metro Vancouver area, and no breakdown was included to show what proportion of the people asked came from which cities.

The poll results also come just as both Mayoral candidates from the City of Langley have declared their support for SkyTrain over at-grade Light Rail Transit.

We are disappointed that Research Co. has suppressed the voices of many people in both Surrey and Langley who would like to see an extension of SkyTrain by excluding a question on the extension from their poll.