SkyTrain for Surrey calls for King George Blvd. SkyTrain, second SkyBridge over Fraser River in 2050 transport plan​

We are deeply disappointed to learn that consideration of further SkyTrain expansion South of the Fraser has been largely excluded so far from the Transport 2050 plan, despite well-demonstrated support throughout our region for SkyTrain expansion instead of street-level light rail.^[1]

Two new future rapid transit concepts unveiled today in the second-phase consultation for TransLink’s Transport 2050 show little to no additional SkyTrain expansion being considered South-of-the-Fraser, after construction of the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain.

In the only option that does offer a SkyTrain expansion South of the Fraser (on King George Boulevard to Newton), 94% of the expansion will happen North-of-the-Fraser (on Broadway, 41st Street, Hastings Street, Willingdon Avenue, and Marine Drive on the North Shore) while the 6km extension on King George Boulevard comprises just 6% of future SkyTrain expansion. The other option completely omits further SkyTrain expansion South of the Fraser, in favour of only street-level expansion (i.e. surface light rail).

In response to these indications on how future rapid transit expansion South of the Fraser is being planned, SkyTrain for Surrey is issuing a call for significant expansion of the SkyTrain system South of the Fraser, delivering more parity with proposed expansion North of the Fraser:

• A new Second SkyBridge over the Fraser River
  • Offering redundancy with the existing SkyBridge, and
  • Providing a new connection for Surrey, Langley and Delta residents to the Millennium Line and UBC.
• A total of 50 kilometres of new SkyTrain expansion in Surrey, Langley and Delta along three ‘spine’ corridors:
  • King George Blvd. from Surrey City Centre to South Surrey (22 km)
  • 104 Avenue and Highway 1 from Sapperton to Carvolth Exchange via Skybridge 2 (20km)
  • Scott Road, from Scott Road Station to Scottsdale at 72 St (8 km)
• A commitment to delivering the full King George Blvd. SkyTrain extension (City Centre to South Surrey) before 2050
• A commitment to eventually deliver all of these corridors as fully grade-separated rapid transit lines (above or below grade)

Download a detailed PDF version of our new 2050 vision map HERE.

These are the corridors that will eventually require the reliability, consistency, speed and frequency offered by a fully grade-separated system. There will be a need to better connect these corridors—and areas they serve—to Surrey City Centre and the wider Greater Vancouver region.

South-of-Fraser residents should not be accepting anything less.