Category Archives: Newton

Help shape Surrey’s Cultural Plan

The City is putting together a new Cultural Plan and they want your input! The plan will evaluate existing arts and heritage facilities in Surrey, examine the feasibility of new cultural space for South Surrey, examine the phase two expansions … Continue reading

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Visualizing growth: Newton

This is the fifth and final post in our decade-end retrospective visualizing urban growth in the City. This post examines the neighbourhood of East Newton, which is bordered by 152nd on the east, 72 in the north, 64th Ave in the … Continue reading

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Visualizing growth: Sullivan

This is the second post in our decade-end retrospective visualizing urban growth in the City. This post examines the joint neighbourhoods of Sullivan and Panorama Ridge in southeast Newton. The area is bordered by 64th at the north, 152nd on … Continue reading

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Why does Build Surrey ignore Libraries?

The Build Surrey program, which promises to play infrastructure catch up to deal with the extraordinary growth of the City, includes recreation facilities, parks, arts spaces, and even police stations. While these are certainly much needed community spaces, the program … Continue reading

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Watts expected to vote down proposed King George B-Line

Despite years of rhetoric touting the expansion of transit within Surrey, now that a reasonable and affordable option is on the table that would, among other things, begin a long-planned B-Line service down King George, Mayor Watts has decided that … Continue reading

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TownShift: Phase two begins

TownShift, Surrey’s successful urban design competition, is about to enter a new outreach phase. Under the moniker TownShift: Connected, the City will embark on a series of community consultations to discuss the ideas that were presented in the competition and … Continue reading

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Surrey’s most dangerous intersections

Earlier in October, the Vancouver Sun distributed car accident information for the entire province on their website. Data from ICBC between 2005 to 2009 revealed that Surrey has the second most crashes in the region, with close to 60,000 accidents, … Continue reading

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