IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 17, 2017 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey‘s campaign team is working to mobilize the over 1700 people who have signed in support of SkyTrain South-of-the-Fraser, encouraging all SkyTrain supporters to voice their opposition to the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT project at the upcoming TransLink consultations. SkyTrain for Surrey is opposing the Surrey-Newton-Guildford […]
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 – Oct 27, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is pleased to hear from BC NDP leader John Horgan, who affirmed today at an event in Surrey that he would be open to a consideration of SkyTrain expansion South-of-the-Fraser. In a statement to News1130, Horgan said that he would be “prepared to sit down with […]
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 – Mar 8, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey, a grassroots organization opposing Surrey’s proposed Light Rail Transit, notes to all supporters and observers that the recently announced capital cost increase to $2.6 billion shows that Light Rail technology was the wrong decision for Surrey. City representatives had cited the rising costs of land as […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 29, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey’s founding director Daryl Dela Cruz is urging for a more fair debate on issues with the proposed Surrey Light Rail Transit system, in light of a recent viewpoint published by The Now Newspaper that discourages the continuation of the debate our organization […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Feb. 26, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey founding director Daryl Dela Cruz has issued a response to recent claims of “misinformation” that were made by CKNW assistant news director Charmaine de Silva. Daryl Dela Cruz, our founding director, said: “When I offered the response “we are an advocacy group”, I meant […]
