Monthly Archives: March 2010

Ultra sales restart, construction soon

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

Phase 3 of WestStone’s Urban Village development is set to begin shortly, with the 40 storey Ultra tower destined to become Surrey’s tallest building. Touting the new Library and City Hall as part of the development’s marketing scheme, selected pre-sales … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Whalley | Tagged central city, condo, Development, surrey city centre, tower, ultra, urban village, weststone | Comments Off

Surrey officially participating in Earth Hour

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

Earth Hour is coming to Surrey! The global event, in which the world turns off its non-essential lights to raise awareness for, and take action on, climate change, is held on March 27th. The City will be holding a free gathering … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Environment, Events, Whalley | Tagged climate change, earth hour, surrey, vancouver | Comments Off

City investigating Stadium options

Posted on March 12, 2010 by

Following the announcement that Surrey would host the 2012 BC Summer Games, dialogue began about the lack of a major stadium in the city. At the time, a number of elected officials, from all levels of government, were apparently discussing … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Development, Parks and Rec, Whalley | Tagged arena, bc summer games, bowl, entertainment, facility, spectator, sports, stadium, surrey | 2 Comments

Stakeholder consultations on Surrey Rapid Transit study

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

TransLink is holding a series of consultations to gather stakeholder opinion on the future of rapid transit in Surrey and Langley. The goal of the study is to determine the corridors and technologies for rapid transit in the South Fraser … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Guildford, Newton, South Surrey, Transport, Whalley | Tagged consultation, delta, future, langley, meeting, public, rapid transit, south fraser, study, surrey, translink, white rock | 2 Comments

City and Kwantlen sign historic agreement

Posted on March 5, 2010 by

The City has struck a memorandum of understanding with Kwantlen Polytechnic University to pursue the shared goals of building an economically vibrant Surrey. The agreement is similar to the MOU the City signed with SFU in 2008, which will result … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Healthcare, Newton, Parks and Rec, Post-Secondary Institutions, Social Services | Tagged architecture, business incubator, campus, Cloverdale, cost sharing, fraser health, health sciences, kpu, kwantlen polytechnic university, nursing school, sfu, simon fraser, surrey | 1 Comment

Build Surrey, six year infrastructure plan, launched

Posted on March 3, 2010 by

From the desk of the City Manager comes a new capital infrastructure program named Build Surrey which has the intention of encouraging “city building”. The program will help Surrey facilitate and manage more growth over the coming decade and continue … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Cloverdale, Development, Fleetwood, Guildford, Library, Newton, Parks and Rec, Social Services, South Surrey, Town Centre, Transport, Whalley | Tagged build surrey, capital, centre, community, infrastructure, recreation | 7 Comments

Stimulus funding for Hwy 99 rapid bus

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

In perhaps one of the oddest stimulus projects announced, Surrey will receive a combined $13 million from the federal and provincial governments to build a northbound rapid bus lane along Hwy 99, between King George and Hwy 91. Stimulus projects … Continue reading →

Posted in South Surrey, Transport | Tagged bc, bridgeport, canada line, economic, funding, government, highway 99, plan, provincial, rapid bus, south, stimulus, surrey, transit, translink, white rock | 3 Comments