TRANSIT PLANS * Uk - Translink Set to Spend $1.1 Billion on 6km of SkyTrain in Surrey
Langley, British Columbia,Canada -VATAC, by Nathan Pachal / translink.bc.ca -March 11, 2008: -- Translink presented their South of Fraser Area Transit Plan vision for 2031 on Monday, March 10th. Township council narrowly endorsed the plan 5-4. Translink still seems to think that the Interurban line should be implemented sometime after 2030. Apparently a line that goes through key industrial high employment areas by Newton, residential areas like Sullivan Heights and Willlowbrook, major colleges like Kwantlen and universities like TWU, key transit interchanges like Nordel Crossing/Scott Road, Newton Town Centre, Langley Town Centre, and commercial areas most notable the Langley Regional Town Centre is a waste of money... Now the Translink plan isn’t all bad, but they need to include the Interurban in their plans now. It would save them (and the taxpayer) billions of dollars on expensive SkyTrain and RapidBus that could be better invested to provide much needed bus service today and a proper light rail network that would cover the South Fraser...Labels: transit plans
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