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The Surrey Board of Trade presented to the TransLink Mayors’ Council to maintain the current 10-Year Transportation Plan including LRT. Though the Surrey Board of Trade’s presentation was referenced by the various regional mayors through debate, the final decision was that SkyTrain will be advanced to Fleetwood, to 166 Street. Reliance on whether SkyTrain can…

The Surrey Board of Trade, a city building business organization, considered today’s Surrey-Langley Skytrain update by Translink. Transportation investments and continued advocacy for improved transportation investments are important to support business, move our workforce within Surrey, and throughout the region, and to attract business in Surrey and South of the Fraser. “Surrey and South of…

Today, the Surrey Board of Trade was pleased with the BC Government’s decision enabling the Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) to begin accepting applications on Sept. 3, 2019 from companies seeking to provide commercial ride-hailing in B.C. The PTB will determine the supply, boundaries and fares charged to passengers. Those areas are the exclusive responsibility of…

SURREY – On June 27, 2019, TransLink released the results of a year-long technical study on improving late-night transit service, indicating that there could be more buses at night, but no increase to SkyTrain service. SkyTrain hours will not be extended on Fridays and Saturdays, instead a night bus service could be extended and the possibility of…

The Surrey Board of Trade applauds the BC Government on their new Active Transportation Strategy called: Move. Commute. Connect. The Surrey Board of Trade submitted a response during a stakeholder engagement period regarding Active Transportation based on feedback from its membership and its Transportation Team, providing ideas and perspectives on the following: 1.     What active transportation means 2.     Active…

The Surrey Board of Trade formally asked BC’s Transportation Minister for clarification around municipalities authority to blocking ride-hailing to operate within boundary limits. A response was received recently indicating that the legislation introduced last Fall will give the Passenger Transportation Board sole jurisdiction over vehicle supply and operating area for ride-hailing and taxi services, preventing…

The BC Government released the CleanBC plan in 2018. Active transportation plans – modes such as walking, cycling, and using public transit – was mentioned as a focus in the CleanBC plan. Through a consultation process, the BC Government invited comments/ideas from the public and stakeholders for their thoughts on what active transportation means to…

The Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project (RBT2) is a proposed new marine container terminal at Roberts Bank in Delta, BC on Canada’s west coast. The project is necessary to ensuring Canada can deliver on its trade commitments and ambitions. The project proposal is to create 108 hectares of new industrial land in deep, subtidal waters…