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Light rail closer to reality for Surrey, Langley
Light rail closer to reality for Surrey, Langley
Provincial government is thinking about it
Renee Bernard Nov 10, 2011 19:53:46 PM
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SURREY (NEWS1130) - Surrey and Langley have received the first indications the provincial government is considering light rapid transit for those cities.
It's something the mayors have been lobbying for, for a long time. With the Evergreen Line finally heading into Coquitlam and UBC clamouring for a SkyTrain extension down Broadway, commuters in Surrey and Langley have been feeling a little left out.
But that has changed with Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom saying he's seriously looking at a light rail system for those two cities.
Langley Mayor Peter Fassbender says trains are the way to go. "I think from a construction point of view and the ability to perhaps build more at the same cost as we would for a SkyTrain line out here, I think it's an option that makes a lot of fiscal sense."
Surrey Dianne Watts has always argued it's important to widen the focus, away from strictly SkyTrain, to include the possibility of streetcars and light rail.
"Look at what occurred in Portland when they put in at grade rail, they spurred on $31 billion worth of economic development. So, for those businesses and creating jobs and things like that was really the way to go."
She says possible routes include 104 Ave., the Fraser Highway, and King George Boulevard |
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發表於 2011-11-11 06:57
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