IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Surrey, BC

Election candidates are being urged by campaigners to raise Light Rail and Rapid Transit issues during the Surrey municipal elections.

Better Surrey Rapid Transit (SkyTrain for Surrey) is concerned about the silence in discussion of Surrey transportation issues during the current municipal elections, and is urging campaigners to inform stakeholders on the issues of the city’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) proposal. The campaign, headed by popular Surrey transportation advocate Daryl Dela Cruz, is expanding its efforts for the municipal elections.

“The $2.44 billion Light Rail vision hurts the entire city, because it starves our city-wide bus system from receiving the funds it will need to expand in frequency and extent. To put it shortly, if we don’t stop this Light Rail vision, it might just stop us from receiving any more transit improvements,” Daryl says in a letter sent to each individual Council and Mayoral candidate (SEE BELOW TO VIEW LETTERS).

As part of Better Surrey Rapid Transit, Daryl has previously raised issues of a faulty Surrey Light Rail proposal and has worked hard to inform citizens of hidden and downplayed LRT project shortfalls. The campaign’s 16-page “Rapid Transit Vision” report, which was sent to the city’s Transportation Committee for review last month, advocates for a more practical vision with SkyTrain and enhanced Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) instead of LRT. The report’s segments point out a number of serious flaws in the current LRT proposal.

This rapid transit vision and the recent letters sent to candidates can be viewed on the campaign website here at skytrainforsurrey.org.

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For additional info, contact: Daryl Dela Cruz, Campaign Manager – Better Surrey Rapid Transit.
Email: [email protected]
Call: 81-80-3962-9281 (Note: Daryl is currently out of country; long-distance fees apply)

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