Surrey has awarded a $17.5 million contract to B&B Heavy Civil Construction to carry out preparatory work for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension project.

“The City of Surrey is moving full speed ahead on SkyTrain early works,” said Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum. “With funding secured from all levels of government, the $4 billion Surrey Langley SkyTrain will be built in one phase. Constructing the new SkyTrain line all at once will create a savings of $500-$600 million and will see the Surrey Langley SkyTrain delivered two years earlier. New rapid transit is long overdue in Surrey. At a time when the environment and global warming is at the forefront, the need to get people out of their fossil fuel burning cars and into transit has never been greater.”

The construction contract consists of Fraser Highway widening to four lanes with cycling and pedestrian facilities and a widened centre median to accommodate the upcoming SLS Project. Works include road widening, concrete curbs, sidewalks, multi-use paths, retaining walls, street lighting, traffic signals, wildlife culvert, fish passage improvements and in-stream works. The contract also includes roadworks at Fraser Highway from George Junction to East of 96 Avenue and culvert replacement work on Fraser Highway at Quibble Creek.

The contract work is expected to start in June 2022 and be completed by May 2023.

The Surrey Langley SkyTrain Project is a 16-kilometre extension of the Expo Line. It will travel on an elevated guideway along Fraser Highway from King George SkyTrain Station to Langley Centre, connecting City Centre, Fleetwood and Cloverdale/Clayton with seamless rapid transit.

Once complete (anticipated in-service date of 2028), the Surrey Langley SkyTrain will connect with three different SkyTrain lines – Millennium, Expo, and Canada, resulting in over 100 kilometres of track.