Historic Interurban Cars Arrive in Cloverdale

August 17, 2012 | Kenneth Souder

Two interurban cars being restored by the Fraser Valley Heritage Rail Society (FVHRS), BCER 1225 and BCER 1304, arrived to their new home in Cloverdale Wednesday evening.

The FVHRS, a non-profit charitable organization, was formed in … Read More

City studying introduction of streetcar in Cloverdale

January 25, 2011 | Paul Hillsdon

The City will spend the next six months to study the introduction of a streetcar to service historic Cloverdale. An initiative pursued by the Cloverdale BIA in the early 2000′s, the business group purchased historic streetcar #30 from Saanich … Read More

Premier declares SkyTrain for the South Fraser

October 1, 2010 | Paul Hillsdon

Premier Gordon Campbell, upholding what has become an annual tradition, spoke today to civic leaders across the province at the UBCM conference where he unveiled his plan to “build on Olympic momentum for the 21st century.” The UBCM speech … Read More

More details on the new Pattullo

September 3, 2010 | Paul Hillsdon

As reported yesterday, TransLink is moving swiftly on plans to replace the aging Pattullo Bridge with a new six-lane crossing by 2015. Now, new details about the plans have emerged in a BC Local News story by reporter extraordinaire … Read More

Mayor Watts supports LRT over SkyTrain

March 14, 2008 | Paul Hillsdon

This is cross posted from my personal blog.

During the Surrey Mayor’s State of the City address, while discussing transportation in BC’s second largest city, Dianne Watts said:

“I for one am a firm believer that instead of SkyTrain expansion … Read More