Surrey council OKs \u2018early work\u2019 contract ahead of Bus Rapid Transit in Newton<\/p>\n
Published 10:00 pm Monday, May 25, 2026<\/p>\n
Surrey council awarded a contract on Monday related to \u201cearly work\u201d ahead of Bus Rapid Transit running down King George Boulevard from Whalley to South Surrey.<\/p>\n
Surrey\u2019s general manager of engineering Scott Neuman recommended that council award a $1,184,422.28 (spending limit set at $1,303,000) to Mainland Construction Materials ULC DBA Winvan Paving for road improvements on King George from 72 Avenue to 76 Avenue as well as a contract for $75,429.90 (spending limit $83,000) to ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. for related engineering construction services.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis contract includes early works that will support the future construction and delivery of the Bus Rapid Transit (\u201cBRT\u201d) project by improving road capacity and business access along this section of King George Boulevard through the addition of a third southbound lane,\u201d Neuman noted in a corporate report<\/a> that came before council.<\/p>\n Councillor Doug Elford said this stretch of King George is one of the most congested and \u201cit\u2019s in desperate need of a solution.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really a problem in the community, in the neighbourhood. I just look forward to the construction over the summer, but other than that, and the complaints, but other than that I\u2019m really looking forward to this.\u201d<\/p>\n At the last council meeting on May 11 council voted to forge ahead<\/a> with a \u201c100 per cent\u201d detailed design for BRT along King George between downtown and the Semiahmoo Town Centre, despite hearing from TransLink that funding for construction of the project has not yet been <\/a>secured<\/a>.<\/p>\n Neuman stated in this most recent corporate report that funding for this contract work \u201cis available in the approved 2026 Transportation Budget with an estimated 60% of the funding provided through Development Cost Charges, and 40% through TransLink.\u201d<\/p>\n As it is, King George between 72 Avenue and 76 Avenue has three northbound lanes and two southbound lanes.<\/p>\n \u201cThe addition of a third southbound lane will reduce traffic congestion and improve access to businesses on the west side of King George Boulevard, similar to the access currently provided by the existing third northbound lane on the east side of the corridor,\u201d Neuman explained.<\/p>\n The contract work is expected to begin in June and be done by August.<\/p>\n Councillor Harry Bains said this work will take care of a lot of the roadwork needed for \u201cthe eventual SkyTrain that we\u2019re all hoping that we can get right down to South Surrey. It provides the work necessary for the long-term vision while still setting us up for a short-term solution which is the Bus Rapid Transit that adds an additional lane at the southbound side of King George.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey council OKs \u2018early work\u2019 contract ahead of Bus Rapid Transit in Newton Published 10:00 pm Monday, May…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-694428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}