Hwy 1 Rapid Bus skips Surrey

November 20, 2012 | Paul Hillsdon

Last week, the provincial government and TransLink proudly boasted about the impending arrival of the Hwy 1 Rapid Bus – now named route #555 – with service beginning December 1st. While it’s been long known that the route was slashed … Read More

Aquatic centres under construction

September 12, 2012 | Kenneth Souder

Construction is now beginning on the two new aquatic centres that are part of the Build Surrey program.  The aquatic centres, which are being constructed in the Guildford and Grandview Heights areas of Surrey, are to include facilities meant to … Read More

Design revealed for Guildford Aquatic Centre

June 21, 2012 | Paul Hillsdon

We have your first look at the Guildford Aquatic Centre, a 75,000 square foot expansion to the Recreation Centre designed by Bing Thom Architects. The pool is planned to become a destination location and is large enough for competitive swimming … Read More

Retrofitting Suburbia? Guildford Town Centre

February 16, 2012 | Nathan Pachal

If you’ve even read, seen, or heard any dicussion about how to fix the suburbs, one of the things that always comes up is how to break the superblock of mall site and/or how to retrofit them. … Read More

Two new pools for Surrey in 2014

February 8, 2012 | Paul Hillsdon

Two new indoor pools will begin construction this year as part of the Build Surrey program.

A 50-metre pool in Grandview Heights will be designed by Hughes Condon Marler Architects, the firm behind the new Hillcrest Olympic Centre and … Read More

City touts LRT plan in new video

September 1, 2011 | Paul Hillsdon

The City has updated an early video visualizing LRT in Surrey, showcasing the new rendering on the front page of its corporate website. Entitled “The City of Surrey’s Vision for Rapid Transit,” the new video includes a voiceover, explaining the … Read More

Why is there still crap development in Surrey?

September 1, 2011 | Nathan Pachal

For the last 30 years, anyone coming out of planning school has learned that building communities around people is good and building communities around cars is bad. With that in mind, I always wondered why places like Surrey still end … Read More