MEDIA RELEASE MLA Garry Begg: Surrey City Council fails in ‘selling’ its LRT vision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 28, 2018 – Surrey, BC Some decision-makers are feeling the pressure from the rapidly growing numbers opposed to a street-level Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Surrey and Langley. Surrey-Guildford MLA Garry Begg is calling out […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey’s first LRT line will be only half as fast as SkyTrain FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 27, 2018 – Surrey, BC One detail that is increasingly left out in the discussion around Surrey’s proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) is its operating speed. We have learned that the first of two lines being […]
MEDIA RELEASE Phase 2 Transit Plan does not put Surrey commuters first FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 16, 2018 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey is disappointed to learn that the Regional Mayors Council’s Phase 2 Transit Plan has retained the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT line, meaning that the region has signed on to make one of […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT should be removed from 10-Year Vision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 11, 2018 – Surrey, BC In an open letter penned by our campaign chair, SkyTrain for Surrey has requested the incoming Mayors’ Council Chair – Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan – to remove the Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit (SNG LRT) line […]
MEDIA RELEASE Letter to Mayors’ Council Chair, Derek Corrigan (Jan 9, 2018) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 9, 2018 – Surrey, BC The Surrey-Newton-Guildford Light Rail Transit (SNG LRT) project will do little to improve transit commutes for the people it would serve, and should not be in the region’s 10-Year Vision. Our campaign chair […]
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 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 […]
MEDIA RELEASE Surrey LRT line will be among slowest in Canada FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 4, 2017 – Surrey, BC SkyTrain for Surrey has learned that the low average travel speed of the Phase 1 Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT line will make it one of the slowest rail transit systems in Canada. According to the latest […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 25, 2017 A recent briefing memo released by the Surrey School Board suggests that the City of Surrey and TransLink LRT team have not addressed the major issues that LRT on 104 Ave will cause for a local school. Hjorth Road Elementary is located next to 104 Avenue, where the road […]
