Both the New Democrats and B.C. Conservatives are promising to extend the SkyTrain transit line into Newton in an attempt to sway support in vote-rich Surrey, B.C., just days before the Oct. 24 provincial election.
The campaigns issued news releases within minutes of each other Tuesday, promising to develop a SkyTrain extension along the King George Boulevard corridor.
NDP Leader David Eby says he has worked with Surrey’s mayor-elect Doug McCallum to get the SkyTrain to Langley and is committed to partnering again for the spur to Newton.
The Conservative Party says in a release that the Newton area of Surrey has been left at the back of the line for rapid transit for years….