MEDIA RELEASE Eight things to know about Surrey LRT While certain groups in the community are certainly entitled to believe that the “excitement is building” for the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT project, we here at SkyTrain for Surrey have observed that opposition to this Light Rail project is in fact rapidly growing. Over 3,500 people have signed […]
MEDIA RELEASE Daily Hive’s Kenneth Chan agrees LRT will be expensive mistake FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 20, 2017 – Surrey, BC Opposition to the Surrey’s proposed Light Rail Transit system has grown significantly in the last year, and many new voices in the community are coming forward with their thoughts on the matter. One […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey admits LRT will massively congest our streets FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 6, 2017 – Surrey, BC Surrey has admitted in a recent City report that the proposed Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT line will create massive congestion on city streets throughout Guildford. A recent corporate report that has recommended the construction of 105 Avenue […]
November 3, 2017 – Surrey, BC TransLink has released a new survey to gather input from stakeholders as part of the “environmental and socio-economic review process” for the Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail project. This is an incredible opportunity to not only voice your opposition, but outline the specific issues as to why this project is impractical […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 8, 2016 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is pleased to receive an announcement from TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond, who has said that SkyTrain is still under consideration for planned rapid transit on Fraser Highway. Today’s announcement means that SkyTrain for Surrey is closer to winning a SkyTrain victory for transit users […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Mar 24, 2016 – Surrey, BC It is disappointing that the 2016 federal budget has not provided enough funding to be able to begin construction on rapid transit in Surrey. With federal capital transit funds for Metro Vancouver not slated to flow until 2019, Light Rail in Surrey is not on track […]
Langley City Mayor Ted Schaffer prefers a SkyTrain extension over at-grade LRT. SkyTrain would travel from Langley Centre to Waterfront in under 60 minutes.
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 […]
