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The $2.95 billion project, which will see the SkyTrain Millennium line extended from its current terminus of VCC-Clark station to Arbutus Street on the city's west side.

The 2025 Investment Plan will stave off looming service cuts while funding new routes and buses to address overcrowding in numerous areas. 

Construction for nearly 200 piers and columns that will support the transit line's guideway has begun. Work to install the guideway itself will begin this summer.

The $1.5 billion in capital funding over 10 years, part of the permanent Public Transit Fund, could hinge on the outcome of a federal election expected to kick off by Sunday. 

Finance Minister Brenda Bailey acknowledged the budget was not “splashy,” framing it instead in terms of protecting jobs and core public services, while growing the economy.

TransLink says is facing a $600 million funding gap starting in 2026, and could be forced to make massive cuts including slashing bus service by 50 per cent.

The properties account for about 1.6 hectares of land, which will include the future 152 Street Station and accompanying development.

The B.C. government revealed Thursday the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain line will cost just under $6 billion, with a forecast service date of late 2029. In 2022, the cost was $4 billion.

The project had previously been pegged at just over $4 billion, with a projected completion date of 2028.

Under new legislation introduced last fall, municipalities must implement TOD areas within 800 metres of rapid transit stations, which set minimum height and density requirements.

TransLink has projected a shortfall of $570 million to $680 million this year because of a massive drop in ridership.

A re-elected BC NDP government will give a $1,000 recovery benefit for all families with a household income under $125,000 a year.

Speaking in Surrey, B.C. on Friday, Trudeau said the federal government will provide up to $1.3 billion dollars for the Surrey to Langley SkyTrain extension.

British Columbia's urban heart is the largest prize west of the Rockies, representing 24 of 42 federal seats in the province.

Surrey is hoping to get the public on board with their proposal for a light rail system.

VANCOUVER - Polls for about 250 civic bodies open this Saturday, giving British Columbians the opportunity to choose who will fill more than 1,600 offices including mayor, council and school board trustee.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans Wednesday to spend $14.9 billion over the next eight years.

Langley has long been safe territory for the BC Liberals, and the Social Credit Party before them, but changing demographics and urbanization had the party bracing for a tougher challenge.

Surrey is already B.C.'s most populous school district, with thousands more students enrolling every year. The district is already home to more than 335 portables.