IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 30, 2016 – Surrey, BC Our campaign team is pleased to learn that the Evergreen Extension of the Millennium Line to Coquitlam has been completed at between $70 and $85 million under budget, boosting the case for expanding the SkyTrain system to more areas throughout the Lower Mainland. The news comes as […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 8, 2016 – Surrey, BC As enthusiasm grows for a new express shuttle bus between downtown Surrey and Abbotsford International Airport, SkyTrain for Surrey is reaching out to the Abbotsford Airport Authority about the potential that the proposed Surrey Light Rail Transit (LRT) system could compromise these airport shuttles. SkyTrain for Surrey is raising this […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 14, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey campaigners are concerned that an ‘LRT for Surrey’ forum which was hosted and sponsored by the City of Surrey has continued to leave major issues that have been raised with proposed LRT project unaddressed, and has not made participants aware of these issues. Daryl […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 23, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is demonstrating its widespread support in the South of Fraser today by presenting a 1300-signature petition, calling for extending SkyTrain in Surrey and Langley instead of the currently proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, to the TransLink Board of Directors. The full petition package […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Apr 12, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is raising questions on the City of Surrey’s supposed engineering expertise on Light Rail Transit, after finding the City’s Rapid Transit manager’s claim that on-street LRT construction won’t disrupt local businesses to be misleading. In an interview with Business in Vancouver, City of Surrey Rapid […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Dec. 16, 2015 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey has called for the cancellation of the Surrey Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in favour of a SkyTrain extension on Fraser Highway, appealing to both TransLink and the provincial government and calling for an immediate switch from the proposed Light Rail to SkyTrain. A new video (above) outlining […]
