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The project will be built sooner and for $ 500 million cheaper than originally planned, said Transportation Minister Rob Fleming.
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July 14, 2022 • 5 hours ago • 2 minutes reading • 8 comments Representation of a Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension station. Photo of HANDOUT / PNG
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The Surrey-to-Langley SkyTrain extension reached a milestone on Thursday when the BC government gave its formal approval to fund the project, the first rapid transit expansion south of the Fraser in three decades.
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BC and city politicians met at Holland Park in Surrey to present the $ 3.94 billion business case, which was presented as one that would transform the region and create denser, traffic-oriented communities.
The project will be built sooner and for $ 500 million cheaper than originally planned, Transport Minister Rob Fleming told the news conference.
“This will be a transformative project for this region,” Fleming said.
“This project will now be delivered in 2028, two years ahead of schedule. And in addition to accelerating this project, it will cost $ 500 million less doing it all at once in Langley.”
The province will provide $ 2,476 million for the project, more than 60 percent of the total cost.
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The federal government will provide $ 1.306 billion, and the remaining $ 228 million will come from local governments.
The 16-kilometer-long project would include eight stations and three bus interchanges and add 30 more SkyTrain train cars.
The high-speed high-speed line would start from King George SkyTrain station, the Expo line terminal, to the heart of Langley City, next to Fraser Road.
The planned route for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension. Photo of City of Surrey
Once completed, the new system can take passengers from downtown Langley to King George SkyTrain in 22 minutes and take passengers to Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver in just over an hour.
The extension was originally proposed to be built in two phases: the first seven miles from King George Station to Fleetwood in 2025 and the second nine-mile runway from Fleetwood to Langley Center in 2030.
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In 2020, the NDP government pledged to build the project at once, which Fleming said would save half a million dollars by not “demobilizing” the site and using a single procurement process.
The province plans to spend an additional $ 60 million on projects around the SkyTrain extension that would encourage people to ride bikes or walk.
Officials said the project will not only offer transportation options, but will also drive traffic-oriented development around the new stations and create new opportunities for affordable and market housing, daycare and other utilities.
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