Surrey voters won't just choose a new mayor and council when they go to the polls next month —their vote could also determine the future of a $1.65-billion light rail transit (LRT) system. The city's planned LRT network would include 10 kilometres of two-way, street-level track with 11 stops between Newton Exchange, Surrey Central and the Guilford Exchange. It seems to me that there's a vast majority of people in Surrey who simply don't want LRT. But Surrey First mayoral hopeful Tom Gill says LRT has been studied for years, and that and delaying the project now would be a huge and expensive mistake. We've been working with researchers, we've been working with educators, we've been looking around the world at what's the best service for Surrey," he said.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2018 12:00 UTC